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B.C. reports 1,236 COVID-19 cases and 9 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 1,236 new cases of COVID-19, including two new epi-linked cases, for a total of 325,851 cases in the province.

There are 28,302 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 293,488 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 1,035 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 139 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

253 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 11,756

212 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 5,878

406 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 7,949

171 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,167

188 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 1,534

six new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 18

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,625.

There are two new health-care facility outbreaks at Tsawaayuus Rainbow Gardens and Berwick on The Lake (Island Health). The outbreaks at Menno Hospital, Buchanan Lodge, Eden Care Centre (Fraser Health), Royal Jubilee Hopsital and Comox Valley Seniors Village (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 55 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 24-30, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 25.3% of cases.

From Jan. 17-30, they accounted for 30.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 24-30) - Total 11,068

Not vaccinated: 2,260 (20.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 543 (4.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 8,265 (74.7%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 17-30) - Total 1,129

Not vaccinated: 297 (26.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 51 (4.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 781 (69.2%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 24-30)

Not vaccinated: 418.2

Partially vaccinated: 166.6

Fully vaccinated: 216.5

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 17-30)

Not vaccinated: 75.4

Partially vaccinated: 41.5

Fully vaccinated: 16.7

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,779,487 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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