Jan 19, 2022 2:12 AM - Connect News
B.C. is reporting 1,975 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 301,121 cases in the province.
There are 37,167 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 258,417 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 854 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 112 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
731 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 18,271
503 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 9,727
478 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 5,580
88 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 1,374
175 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 2,200
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
Total active cases: 15
In the past 24 hours, two new deaths (Fraser Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 2,492.
There have been nine new health-care facility outbreaks at CareLife Fleetwood, Menno Hospital, Buchanan Lodge, St. Michael’s Centre, Eden Care Centre (Fraser Health); Village at Smith Creek (Interior Health); Veterans Memorial Lodge, Sunset Lodge and Sidney Care Home (Island Health). The outbreaks at Eagle Ridge Hospital, The Oxford Senior Care Home, Chartwell Crescent Gardens, AgeCare Harmony Court (Fraser Health), Selkirk Seniors Village and Selkirk Village Assisted Living (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 53 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
From Jan. 10-16, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.9% of cases.
From Jan. 3-16, they accounted for 32.3% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Jan. 10-16) - Total 14,922
Not vaccinated: 3,086 (20.7%)
Partially vaccinated: 629 (4.2%)
Fully vaccinated: 11,207 (75.1%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 3-16) - Total 796
Not vaccinated: 215 (27.0%)
Partially vaccinated: 42 (5.3%)
Fully vaccinated: 539 (67.7%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 10-16)
Not vaccinated: 412.5
Partially vaccinated: 179.8
Fully vaccinated: 318.1
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 3-16)
Not vaccinated: 52.3
Partially vaccinated: 34.1
Fully vaccinated: 11.6
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,158,329 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.