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Nov 17, 2021 2:04 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 338 new COVID-19 cases and one death

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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 338 new cases of COVID-19, including 18 epi-linked cases, for a total of 213,358 cases in the province.

There are currently 3,568 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 207,275 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 376 individuals are currently in hospital and 107 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,274.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health). The outbreak at Swedish Assisted Living Residence (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 23 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Nov. 8-14, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.5% of cases. and from Nov. 1-14, they accounted for 68.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 8-14) – Total 3,184

Not vaccinated: 1,772 (55.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 152 (4.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,260 (39.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 1-14) – Total 298

Not vaccinated: 182 (61.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 22 (7.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 94 (31.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 8-14)

Not vaccinated: 227.7

Partially vaccinated: 62.7

Fully vaccinated: 28.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 1-14)

Not vaccinated: 37.2

Partially vaccinated: 14.3

Fully vaccinated: 2.1

Province has administered 8,452,904 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

90.7% (4,204,465) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.8% (4,023,930) received their second dose.

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