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B.C. reports 555new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths

BY Connect News, Nov 11, 2021 1:47 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

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

B.C. is reporting 555 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 210,758 cases in the province.

There are currently 4,321 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 203,909 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 404 individuals are currently in hospital and 117 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,234.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: five

Vancouver Coastal Health: two

Interior Health: one

Island Health: three

There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at George Derby Centre, Dufferin Care Centre (Fraser Health) and Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health). The outbreaks at Hallmark on the Lake, Pacific Carlton Seniors Community, Tabor Manor (Fraser Health), Amica Lions Gate (Vancouver Coastal Health), Cottonwoods Care Centre (Interior Health), and University Hospital of Northern BC (Northern Health) have been declared over, for a total of 29 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Nov. 2-8, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 63.1% of cases and from Oct. 26 to Nov. 8 they accounted for 70.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 2-8) – Total 3,489

Not vaccinated: 2,020 (57.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 182 (5.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,287 (36.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 26 to Nov. 8) – Total 417

Not vaccinated: 271 (65.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 24 (5.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 122 (29.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 2-8)

Not vaccinated: 258.7

Partially vaccinated: 64.7

Fully vaccinated: 29.5

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 26 to Nov. 8)

Not vaccinated: 53.6

Partially vaccinated: 13.9

Fully vaccinated: 2.7

Province has administered 8,373,682 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

90.5% (4,195,116) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.4% (4,003,628) received their second dose.

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