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B.C. reports 1,446 new COVID-19 cases; 985 COVID-positive individuals in hospital

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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 1,446 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 314,522 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are 32,468 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 277,285 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 985 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 144 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

508 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 14,715

309 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 7,527

319 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 7,297

147 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,246

163 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 1,679

no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: four

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,554.

From Jan. 17-23, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 28.5% of cases.

From Jan. 10-23, they accounted for 29.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 17-23) - Total 13,537

Not vaccinated: 3,083 (22.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 774 (5.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 9,680 (71.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 10-23) - Total 1,118

Not vaccinated: 279 (25.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 51 (4.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 788 (70.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 17-23)

Not vaccinated: 396.9

Partially vaccinated: 200.0

Fully vaccinated: 236.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 10-23)

Not vaccinated: 71.0

Partially vaccinated: 40.9

Fully vaccinated: 16.9

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,506,471 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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