Nov 18, 2021 2:45 AM - Connect News
B.C. is reporting 324 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 213,682 cases in the province.
There are 3,380 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 207,779 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 379 individuals are in hospital and 109 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
In the last 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,281.
The new deaths include:
Fraser Health: two
Vancouver Coastal Health: two
Northern Health: two
Island Health: one
There has been one new outbreak at M.V. Beattie Elementary school (Interior Health).
From Nov. 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.8% of cases.
From Nov. 2-15, they accounted for 71.9% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Nov. 9-15) – Total 3,133
Not vaccinated: 1,755 (56.0%)
Partially vaccinated: 149 (4.8%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,229 (39.2%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 2-15) – Total 342
Not vaccinated: 219 (64.0%)
Partially vaccinated: 27 (7.9%)
Fully vaccinated: 96 (28.1%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 9-15)
Not vaccinated: 223.3
Partially vaccinated: 62.7
Fully vaccinated: 27.9
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 2-15)
Not vaccinated: 45.4
Partially vaccinated: 17.0
Fully vaccinated: 2.1
Province has administered 8,471,017 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
90.7% (4,206,179) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.9% (4,027,146) have received their second dose.