B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 752 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 191,124 cases in the province.
There are 5,945 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 182,786 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 350 individuals are in hospital and 136 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,992.
The new deaths include:
Fraser Health: five
Vancouver Coastal Health: three
Island Health: one
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health). The outbreaks at The Hamlets at Westsyde (Interior Health) and Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health) have been declared over, for a total of 18 active outbreaks.
From Sept. 28-Oct. 4, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 70.2% of cases and from Sept. 21-Oct. 4, they accounted for 77.6% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Sept. 28-Oct. 4) – Total 4,894
Not vaccinated: 3,117 (63.7%)
Partially vaccinated: 316 (6.5%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,461 (29.9%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 21-Oct. 4) – Total 420
Not vaccinated: 291 (69.3%)
Partially vaccinated: 35 (8.3%)
Fully vaccinated: 94 (22.4%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 28-Oct. 4)
Not vaccinated: 296.8
Partially vaccinated: 89.0
Fully vaccinated: 35.5
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 21-Oct. 4)
Not vaccinated: 44.0
Partially vaccinated: 16.3
Fully vaccinated: 2.1
Province has administered 7,908,832 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
88.4% (4,098,733) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 81.9% (3,797,462) received their second dose.