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B.C. reports 1,986 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths

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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 1,986 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 189,680 cases in the province:

Oct. 1-2: 617 new cases

Oct. 2-3: 707 new cases

Oct. 3-4: 662 new cases

There are 5,986 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 181,304 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 326 individuals are in hospital and 142 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 72 hours, 10 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,983.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: five

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Interior Health: one

Northern Health: two

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Manoah Manor and Good Samaritan Delta View Care Centre (Fraser Health). The outbreaks at Hallmark on the Lake (Fraser Health), Arbutus Care Centre (Vancouver Coastal Health), Kamloops Seniors Village and Hardy View Lodge (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 20 active outbreaks.

From Sept. 24-30, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 71.5% of cases and from Sept. 17-30, they accounted for 81.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 24-30) – Total 5,106

Not vaccinated: 3,303 (64.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 346 (6.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,457 (28.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 17-30) – Total 383

Not vaccinated: 272 (71.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 40 (10.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 71 (18.5%)

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

Not vaccinated: 295.7

Partially vaccinated: 98.5

Fully vaccinated: 35.8

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

Not vaccinated: 40.5

Partially vaccinated: 17.0

Fully vaccinated: 1.6

Province has administered 7,884,070 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

88.2% (4,089,226) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 81.6% (3,782,008) received their second dose.

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