B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 7

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Posted: February 7, 2022

As of Monday, Feb. 7, 90.2% (4,498,488) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.6% (4,218,470) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.0% (4,311,140) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.3% (4,187,145) received their second dose and 49.7% (2,305,999) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.4% (4,038,281) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.8% (3,927,001) received their second dose and 52.9% (2,288,305) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 3,287 new cases of COVID-19, including three new epi-linked cases, for a total of 333,925 cases in the province:

* Feb. 4-5: 1,326 new cases;

* Feb. 5-6: 1,118 new cases;

* Feb. 6-7: 843 new cases.

There are 23,739 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 306,419 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 987 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 141 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 999 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,530);

* 864 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 9,596);

* 440 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 4,183);

* 499 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,235);

* 478 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,174).

In the past 72 hours, 32 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,707.

The new deaths include three in Interior Health, nine in Fraser Health, 14 in Vancouver Coastal Health, one Northern Health and five in Island Health.

There have been 11 new health-care facility outbreaks at Pondarosa, Castleview Care Centre, Overlander Residential Care, Spring Valley Care Centre, Village by the Station (Interior Health), Good Samaritan Delta View Care Centre (Fraser Health), Sunridge Place, Island View Place, Nanaimo Seniors Village, Sluggett House and Glacier View Lodge (Island Health).

The outbreaks at Kelowna General Hospital, Mariposa Gardens, Heritage Square, Lakeview Lodge, Crestview Village, Summerland Senior’s Village (Interior Health), Laurel Place (Fraser Health), Eagle Ridge Manor, Fir Park Village, The Summit, Saanich Peninsula Hospital – Long Term Care and Glenwarren Lodge (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 57 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.8% of cases. From Jan. 21 to Feb. 3, they accounted for 31.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 28 to Feb. 3) – Total 9,895

* Not vaccinated: 1,975 (20.0%)

* Partially vaccinated: 473 (4.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 7,447 (75.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 21 to Feb. 3) – Total 1,291

* Not vaccinated: 346 (26.8%)

* Partially vaccinated: 66 (5.1%)

* Fully vaccinated: 879 (68.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 28 to Feb. 3)

* Not vaccinated: 409.4

* Partially vaccinated: 159.5

* Fully vaccinated: 207.5