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Jan 27, 2022 1:58 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 2,086 new COVID-19 cases and 21 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 2,086 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 316,873 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 30,058 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 282,189 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 949 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 136 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

780 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 12,776

464 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 6,873

455 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 7,434

168 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,186

219 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 1,781

no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: eight

In the past 24 hours, 21 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,575.

There have been five new health-care facility outbreaks at Cascade Lodge, Mountain View Manor, Queen's Park Care Centre, Royal City Manor (Fraser Health) and Victoria General Hospital (Island Health). The outbreaks at MSA Manor, Evergreen Baptist Care Society, New Vista Care Centre (Fraser Health), Brocklehurst Gemstone (Interior Health), Sidney All Care, Luther Court and Sidney Care Home (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 61 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 18-24, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 28.2% of cases. From Jan. 11-24, they accounted for 29.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 18-24) - Total 13,400

Not vaccinated: 2,996 (22.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 778 (5.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 9,626 (71.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 11-24) - Total 1,328

Not vaccinated: 334 (25.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 63 (4.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 931 (70.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 18-24)

Not vaccinated: 410.5

Partially vaccinated: 201.6

Fully vaccinated: 233.9

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 11-24)

Not vaccinated: 85.2

Partially vaccinated: 51.4

Fully vaccinated: 20.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,551,666 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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