Mitigation Measures (removal)
The PNE is going to open after all! It’s set to open on June 11.
This article says that the province is seeking to grab thousands of dollars (under civil asset forfeiture) from the guy who got busted running a nightclub in his downtown condo.
Variants
The BC CDC Weekly Data Summary says that the Delta (“India”, B.1.617.2) variant represents ~3% of VOCs (as of May 27). That’s good! Beta (“South Africa”, B.1.351) appears to have completely (almost-completely?) disappeared.
Vaccination
BC continues to get vaccinated at high rates, per this image from the BC CDC Weekly Data Summary:
This tweet says that as of May 31st, 20% of kids aged 12 to 17 gotten a first dose of vax. (I couldn’t find out where he got that factoid from, but he’s reliable, and it looks believable from the above graph.)
This article says that there are a fair number of teens asking for help getting a vaccination without letting their parents know.
Statistics
+184 cases, +0 deaths, +41,950 first doses, +11,268 second doses.
Currently 254 in hospital / 80 in ICU, 2800 active cases, 139,899 recovered, 70.4% with first dose, 4.3% with second dose.
We have 468,986 doses in fridges; we’ll use it in 8.7 days at last week’s rate. We’ve given more doses than we had received by 11 days ago.
We have 342,393 mRNA doses in fridges; we’ll use it in 6.4 days at last week’s rate. We’ve given more doses than we had received by 10 days ago.
Charts
