Between May 23 and 29, three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on the Sunshine Coast, according to BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) weekly case map, released June 2.
And the downward trend has continued since those numbers were released. On June 3, the Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force reported one case of COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast last week.
The week of May 16 to 22, 10 cases were reported on the Sunshine Coast, which followed a four-month weekly high of 18 cases, from May 9 to 15.
In Powell River for the week of May 23 to 29, zero cases were reported. Five cases were reported for Howe Sound - covering Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.
More than 22,000 people on the Sunshine Coast have received their first dose of the vaccine, the Task Force reported June 3.
By the end May, 71 per cent of Sunshine Coast residents age 12 and older had received at least their first dose of vaccine, according to a BCCDC vaccination coverage map.
Powell River’s vaccination coverage for the same age group was 68 per cent, and Howe Sound had a 75 per cent first-dose vaccination rate.
On the Sunshine Coast, the vaccination rate increases to 84 per cent for those age 50 and older, while Powell River’s rate is 82 per cent and Howe Sound’s is 86 per cent.
