B.C. reports 1,438 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths over the weekend

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,438 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 209,703 cases in the province:

Nov. 5-6: 553 new cases

Nov. 6-7: 462 new cases

Nov. 7-8: 423 new cases

There are 4,282 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 202,898 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 407 individuals are in hospital and 121 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 72 hours, 17 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,218.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: five

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Interior Health: one

Northern Health: six

Island Health: three

There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Burnaby Hospital, Maplewood House and Revera Parkwood Manor (Fraser Health). The outbreaks at Chilliwack General Hospital, Rideau Retirement Residence, Norman Manor, Menno Terrace West (Fraser Health), Overlander, Haven Hill Retirement Centre and Deni House (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 33 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.5% of cases.

From Oct. 22 to Nov. 4, they accounted for 70.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 29 to Nov. 4) – Total 3,346

Not vaccinated: 2,018 (60.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 174 (5.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,154 (34.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 22 to Nov. 4) – Total 460

Not vaccinated: 297 (64.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 28 (6.1%)

Fully vaccinated: 135 (29.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 29 to Nov. 4)

Not vaccinated: 255.0

Partially vaccinated: 60.9

Fully vaccinated: 26.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 22 to Nov. 4)

Not vaccinated: 58.0

Partially vaccinated: 14.7

Fully vaccinated: 3.0

Province has administered 8,346,993 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

90.3% (4,184,112) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.0% (3,986,497) have received their second dose.