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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s top doc says the BCCDC is working on how it will track the virus as an endemic.

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About 160 pharmacies on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands were distributing the free rapid antigen tests as of Tuesday.

With the majority of residents vaccinated, demand for vaccines is dropping, the health authority said.

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Only about 600 of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 1,300 to 1,400 pharmacies had the rapid antigen tests in stock as of Friday afternoon.

One of the deaths was in the Island Health region, where 212 people with COVID have died since the start of the pandemic.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ reported 597 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 113 in Island Health. Of the 612 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, 102 were in intensive care. Nine new COVID-related deaths were reported, none in the Island Health region.

New two-dose Novavax vaccine to be available in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ within 10 days, Dr. Bonnie Henry says, and supplies of treatments for those who test positive for COVID-19 have increased.