Only three cases of COVID-19 were detected in Richmond over the past week (June 27-July 3) as vaccine rates hover around 80 per cent.
This compares to 16 cases of the virus detected the week prior (June 20-26). (These are reported weekly by the BC Centre for Disease Control.)
Cases across British Columbia are also falling, prompting the province to call off the state of emergency and for the City of Richmond to close down its emergency operations centre (EOC) that has been running since March 2020.
On Thursday, the province reported 10 new cases in the previous 24 hours in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), which Richmond is part of, and just 59 new cases across B.C.
The vaccination rate across the province, reported on Thursday for those 12 years and older, was 78.4 per cent.
But vaccination rates still vary across Richmond with the Broadmoor and Blundell areas at 76 per cent of resident aged 12 and over having received at least one dose.
In comparison, 84 per cent of Steveston residents are vaccinated and 82 per cent in the East-West Cambie/Bridgeport area.
Richmond vaccination rates ages 12+ (as of July 9):
Broadmoor: 76 per cent
Blundell: 76 per cent
Thompson/Seafair: 79 per cent
City Centre: 80 per cent
Gilmore/Shellmont/East/Hamilton: 81 per cent
East and West Cambie/Bridgeport: 82 per cent
Steveston: 84 per cent
