B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 1,117 new cases of COVID-19, including five new epi-linked cases, for a total of 335,042 cases in the province.
There are 24,372 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 306,888 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 986 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 146 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
189 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 9,711
180 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 4,355
376 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 7,844
192 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 1,105
175 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 1,338
five new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
Total active cases: 19
In the last 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,707.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Rest Haven Lodge (Island Health). The outbreaks at Langley Memorial Hospital, Cascade Lodge (Fraser Health) and Beacon Hill Villa (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 55 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
From Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 23.9% of cases.
From Jan. 24 to Feb. 6, they accounted for 31.3% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Jan. 31 to Feb. 6) - Total 9,098
Not vaccinated: 1,767 (19.4%)
Partially vaccinated: 408 (4.5%)
Fully vaccinated: 6,923 (76.1%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 24 to Feb. 6) - Total 1,091
Not vaccinated: 287 (26.3%)
Partially vaccinated: 54 (5%)
Fully vaccinated: 750 (68.7%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 31 to Feb. 6)
Not vaccinated: 375.7
Partially vaccinated: 138.2
Fully vaccinated: 177.2
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 24 to Feb. 6)
Not vaccinated: 77.1
Partially vaccinated: 44.3
Fully vaccinated: 16.0
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,993,192 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.