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B.C. reports 758 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths

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B.C. is reporting 758 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 204,330 cases in the province.

There are 4,961 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 196,858 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 434 individuals are in hospital and 155 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, 10 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,147.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: four

Interior Health: four

Northern Health: two

From Oct. 13-26, they accounted for 74.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 20-26) – Total 4,066

Not vaccinated: 2,365 (58.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 266 (6.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,435 (35.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 13-26) – Total 458

Not vaccinated: 310 (67.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 29 (6.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 119 (26.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 20-26)

Not vaccinated: 288.6

Partially vaccinated: 87.1

Fully vaccinated: 33.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 13-26)

Not vaccinated: 57.0

Partially vaccinated: 12.6

Fully vaccinated: 2.6

Province has administered 8,202,550 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

89.8% (4,160,780) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.9% (3,933,596) have received their second dose.

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