Second COVID-19 vaccine doses are beginning to slow, according to provincial data.
According to the BC Centre for Disease Control's (BCCDC) Vaccine Progress by Local Health Area, 35% of children in the age group of 5-11 and eligible in Burnaby have received a second dose against the infection.
Burnaby holds the second-highest rate in Fraser Health behind New Westminster (37%).
Second dose vaccination rates in Fraser Health for eligible children aged 5-11 as of March 1, 2022, are as follows:
- New Westminster - 37%
- Burnaby - 35%
- Tri-Cities - 33%
- South Surrey/White Rock - 32%
- Delta - 32%
- Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows - 26%
- Langley - 23%
- Chilliwack - 19%
- Surrey - 18%
- Abbotsford - 16%
- Mission - 15%
- Agassiz/Harrison - 13%
- Hope - 10%