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B.C. reports 1,370 new COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths over a three day period

BY Connect News, Nov 2, 2021 12:46 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,370 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 206,284 cases in the province:

Oct. 29-30: 568 new cases

Oct. 30-31: 470 new cases

Oct. 31-Nov. 1: 332 new cases

There are 4,668 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 199,107 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 436 individuals are in hospital and 140 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 72 hours, 25 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,181.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: eight

Interior Health: seven

Northern Health: five

Island Health: five

There have been six new health-care facility outbreaks at Cascade Gardens, The Cedars, Hallmark on the Lake (Fraser Health), Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health) and Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health), for a total of 39 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.6% of cases.

From Oct. 15-28, they accounted for 73.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 22-28) – Total 4,018

Not vaccinated: 2,354 (58.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 240 (6.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,424 (35.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 15-28) – Total 468

Not vaccinated: 316 (67.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 28 (6.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 124 (26.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 22-28)

Not vaccinated: 291.5

Partially vaccinated: 80.8

Fully vaccinated: 33.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 15-28)

Not vaccinated: 59.1

Partially vaccinated: 12.0

Fully vaccinated: 2.7

Province has administered 8,250,566 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

90.0% (4,169,986) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.3% (3,954,068) have received their second dose.

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