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Feb 9, 2022 1:10 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 1,117 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths reported

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B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 1,117 new cases of COVID-19, including five new epi-linked cases, for a total of 335,042 cases in the province.

There are 24,372 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 306,888 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 986 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 146 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

189 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 9,711

180 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 4,355

376 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 7,844

192 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,105

175 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 1,338

five new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 19

In the last 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,707.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Rest Haven Lodge (Island Health). The outbreaks at Langley Memorial Hospital, Cascade Lodge (Fraser Health) and Beacon Hill Villa (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 55 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 23.9% of cases.

From Jan. 24 to Feb. 6, they accounted for 31.3% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 31 to Feb. 6) - Total 9,098

Not vaccinated: 1,767 (19.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 408 (4.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 6,923 (76.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 24 to Feb. 6) - Total 1,091

Not vaccinated: 287 (26.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 54 (5%)

Fully vaccinated: 750 (68.7%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 31 to Feb. 6)

Not vaccinated: 375.7

Partially vaccinated: 138.2

Fully vaccinated: 177.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 24 to Feb. 6)

Not vaccinated: 77.1

Partially vaccinated: 44.3

Fully vaccinated: 16.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,993,192 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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