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B.C. reports 1,799 new COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths

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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 1,799 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 330,942 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 currently 25,479 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 301,573 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 946 COVID-positive individuals are currently in hospital and 139 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

551 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 9,987

294 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 4,828

531 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 7,976

191 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,155

232 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 1,516

no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 17

In the past 24 hours, 19 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,675.

There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Creekside Landing (Interior Health), Chemainus Health Care Centre and Selkirk Seniors Village (Island Health). The outbreak at Joseph Creek Care Village (Interior Health) has been declared over, for a total of 58 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.9% of cases and from Jan. 20 to Feb. 2 they accounted for 31.2% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2) - Total 10,410

Not vaccinated: 2,088 (20.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 499 (4.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 7,823 (75.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 20 to Feb. 2) - Total 1,289

Not vaccinated: 339 (26.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 63 (4.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 887 (68.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2)

Not vaccinated: 411.7

Partially vaccinated: 162.6

Fully vaccinated: 234.8

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 20 to Feb. 2)

Not vaccinated: 88.2

Partially vaccinated: 49.6

Fully vaccinated: 19.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,872,777 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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