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B.C. reports 1,270 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths over the weekend

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

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,270 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 213,020 cases in the province:

Nov. 12-13: 502 new cases

Nov. 13-14: 387 new cases

Nov. 14-15: 381 new cases

There are 3,837 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 206,665 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 376 individuals are in hospital and 116 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 72 hours, 16 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,273.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: one

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Interior Health: two

Northern Health: three

Island Health: eight

From Nov. 5-11, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.2% of cases.

From Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, they accounted for 66.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 5-11) – Total 3,445

Not vaccinated: 1,890 (54.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 181 (5.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,374 (39.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 29 to Nov. 11) – Total 336

Not vaccinated: 202 (60.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 23 (6.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 111 (33.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 5-11)

Not vaccinated: 241.0

Partially vaccinated: 69.9

Fully vaccinated: 31.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 29 to Nov. 11)

Not vaccinated: 40.8

Partially vaccinated: 14.4

Fully vaccinated: 2.4

Province has administered 8,441,045 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

90.7% (4,203,257) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.8% (4,021,455) have received their second dose.

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