BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) reported zero COVID-19 cases in the Powell River local health area from June 13 to 19, which followed a report of one case from June 6 to 12.
The cumulative total for the local health area from January 2020 through May 2021 is 94, according to BCCDC.
As of June 18, more than four in five adults in the Powell River health area aged 50 and over (83 per cent) had received their first vaccine shot, along with more than seven in 10 of those over the age of 18 (73 per cent).
As of June 23, the province had reported a total of 147,271 cases of coronavirus in BC since the pandemic began. More than 98 per cent of those, or 144,383 people, are deemed by the province to have recovered because they are not considered to be infectious.
Since December 2020, 4,570,153 vaccinations have taken place in BC, including 1,051,910 second doses.
