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B.C. reports 609 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. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 609 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 203,582 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are currently 4,748 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 196,342 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 422 individuals are currently in hospital and 157 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 a total of 2,137.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: five

Northern Health: one

There have been five new health-care facility outbreaks at Queen’s Park Care Centre, Rosemary Heights Seniors Village, Pacific Carlton Seniors Community, Tabor Home and Rideau Retirement Residence (Fraser Health). The outbreak at Sunset Manor (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 32 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 19-25, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.1% of cases, and from Oct. 12-25 they accounted for 74.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 19-25) – Total 4,153

Not vaccinated: 2,377 (57.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 287 (6.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,489 (35.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 12-25) – Total 449

Not vaccinated: 306 (68.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 30 (6.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 113 (25.2%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 19-25)

Not vaccinated: 293.1

Partially vaccinated: 92.3

Fully vaccinated: 34.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 12-25)

Not vaccinated: 55.8

Partially vaccinated: 13.2

Fully vaccinated: 2.5

Province has administered 8,186,611 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

89.7% (4,157,816) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.7% (3,925,937) received their second dose.

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