B.C.’s COVID-19 update for November 2

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Posted: November 2, 2021

As of Tuesday, Nov. 2, 90.0% (4,171,944) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.4% (3,958,398) have received their second dose.

In addition, 90.4% (3,911,521) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 86.0% (3,719,485) have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 406 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 206,690 cases in the province.

There are 4,694 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 199,480 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 445 individuals are in hospital and 137 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 95 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 613);

* 133 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 2,157);

* 41 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 607);

* 86 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 606);

* 51 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 652).

In the past 24 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,186.

The new deaths include one in Interior Health and four in Northern Health.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health) and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Island Health), for a total of 41 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.4% of cases. From Oct. 18-31, they accounted for 72.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 25-31) – Total 3,743

* Not vaccinated: 2,205 (58.9%)

* Partially vaccinated: 204 (5.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,334 (35.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 18-31) – Total 381

* Not vaccinated: 255 (66.9%)

* Partially vaccinated: 21 (5.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 105 (27.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 25-31)

* Not vaccinated: 280.2

* Partially vaccinated: 70.0