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B.C. reports 649 COVID-19 cases and 13 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 649 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 200,898 cases in the province.

There are 5,106 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 193,325 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 365 individuals are currently in hospital and 143 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,109.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: two

Vancouver Coastal Health: three

Interior Health: three

Northern Health: three

Island Health: two

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Cooper Place (Vancouver Coastal Health) has been declared over, for a total of 25 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 14-20, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.2% of cases.

From Oct. 7-20, they accounted for 77.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 14-20) – Total 4,480

Not vaccinated: 2,584 (57.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 338 (7.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,558 (34.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 7-20) – Total 452

Not vaccinated: 322 (71.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 26 (5.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 104 (23.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 14-20)

Not vaccinated: 311.3

Partially vaccinated: 99.5

Fully vaccinated: 36.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 7-20)

Not vaccinated: 55.7

Partially vaccinated: 11.5

Fully vaccinated: 2.3

Province has administered 8,120,458 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

89.4% (4,145,426) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.9% (3,891,058) have received their second dose.

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