As of Wednesday, Feb. 2, 90% (4,483,908) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.1% (4,191,488) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.8% (4,300,403) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.1% (4,176,902) received their second dose and 47% (2,178,899) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.1% (4,028,100) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.6% (3,917,417) received their second dose and 50.3% (2,176,872) have received a third dose.

B.C. is today reporting 1,776 new cases of COVID-19, including four new epi-linked cases, for a total of 327,625 cases in the province.

There are 25,959 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 297,682 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 988 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 136 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 602 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,664);

* 507 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 10,360);

* 248 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 5,221);

* 197 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,104);

* 222 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,593).

In the past 24 hours, 18 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,643.

The new deaths include one in Interior Health, four in Fraser Health, seven in Vancouver Coastal Health and six in Island Health.

There are no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Veterans Memorial Lodge has been declared over, for a total of 54 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including Cranbrook’s Joseph Creek Care Village.

From Jan. 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 25.2% of cases. From Jan. 18-31, they accounted for 31.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 25-31) – Total 10,926

* Not vaccinated: 2,225 (20.4%)
* Partially vaccinated: 529 (4.8%)
* Fully vaccinated: 8,172 (74.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 18-31) – Total 1,197

* Not vaccinated: 320 (26.7%)
* Partially vaccinated: 60 (5.0%)
* Fully vaccinated: 817 (68.3%)

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

* Not vaccinated: 426.5
* Partially vaccinated: 171.8
* Fully vaccinated: 231.3
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 18-31)

* Not vaccinated: 81.1
* Partially vaccinated: 48.9
* Fully vaccinated: 17.5
Since December 2020, the province has administered 10,811,962 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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