B.C. reports 584 new COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths

B.C. is reporting 584 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 204,914 cases in the province.

There are 4,982 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 197,396 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 436 individuals are in hospital and 156 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,156.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Northern Health: two

Island Health: two

From Oct. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.1% of cases.

From Oct. 14-27, they accounted for 73.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 21-27) – Total 4,098

Not vaccinated: 2,418 (59.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 252 (6.1%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,428 (34.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 14-27) – Total 469

Not vaccinated: 317 (67.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 29 (6.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 123 (26.2%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 21-27)

Not vaccinated: 296.9

Partially vaccinated: 84.5

Fully vaccinated: 33.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 14-27)

Not vaccinated: 58.6

Partially vaccinated: 12.7

Fully vaccinated: 2.7

Province has administered 8,218,844 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

89.8% (4,163,572) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.0% (3,940,563) have received their second dose.