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B.C. reports 5,625 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations rise past 800

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

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 5,625 new cases of COVID-19, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 299,146 cases in the province:

Jan. 14-15: 2,383 new cases

Jan. 15-16: 1,733 new cases

Jan. 16-17: 1,509 new cases

There are 35,985 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 257,677 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 819 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 99 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

1,884 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 17,789

1,155 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 9,276

1,345 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 5,192

556 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,645

681 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 2,068

four new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 15

In the past 72 hours, 22 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,490.

There have been eight new health-care facility outbreaks at Mayfair Senior Living + Care, MSA Manor (Fraser Health), Heritage Square (Interior Health), Salvation Army Sunset Lodge, James Bay Care Centre, The Heights at Mt. View, Luther Court and Selkirk Village Assisted Living (Island Health). The outbreaks at Royal Columbian Hospital, The Waverly Seniors Village, Glenwood Seniors Community (Fraser Health) and German Canadian Benevolent Society Home (Vancouver Coastal Health) have been declared over, for a total of 50 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 7-13, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 22.7% of cases.

From Dec. 31 to Jan. 13, they accounted for 33.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 7-13) - Total 16,478

Not vaccinated: 3,101 (18.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 642 (3.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 12,735 (77.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 31 to Jan. 13) - Total 809

Not vaccinated: 235 (29.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 38 (4.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 536 (66.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 7-13)

Not vaccinated: 444.3

Partially vaccinated: 201.1

Fully vaccinated: 369.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 31 to Jan. 13)

Not vaccinated: 57.3

Partially vaccinated: 29.9

Fully vaccinated: 11.5

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,108,113 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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