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B.C. reports 341 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths

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B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 341 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 217,099 cases in the province.

There are 3,035 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 211,577 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 291 individuals are in hospital and 115 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,322.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Northern Health: one

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Queens Park Care Centre and Dufferin Care Centre have been declared over, for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Nov. 18-24, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 59.2% of cases.

From Nov. 11-24, they accounted for 68.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 18-24) – Total 2,612

Not vaccinated: 1,461 (55.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 87 (3.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,064 (40.7%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 11-24) – Total 294

Not vaccinated: 182 (61.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 19 (6.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 93 (31.6%)

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

Not vaccinated: 195.9

Partially vaccinated: 39.0

Fully vaccinated: 23.9

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

Not vaccinated: 38.3

Partially vaccinated: 11.9

Fully vaccinated: 2.0

Province has administered 8,630,478 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

91.0% (4,219,790) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.6% (4,060,193) have received their second dose.

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