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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 16
B.C. is February 16 reporting 750 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 342,282 cases in the province.
The new cases include:
* Interior Health: 277
* Fraser Health: 167
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 93
* Northern Health: 108
* Island Health: 105
There are 762 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 121 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,777.
The new deaths include one in Interior Health, five in Fraser Health, two in Northern Health and three in Island Health.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Queen’s Park Care Centre (Fraser Health), Arrowsmith Lodge and Woodgrove Manor (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 36 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
As of Wednesday, Feb. 16, 90.4% (4,507,718) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.4% (4,256,399) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.1% (4,316,886) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.5% (4,195,685) received their second dose and 53.3% (2,468,653) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.5% (4,043,352) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.0% (3,934,464) received their second dose and 55.7% (2,410,836) have received a third dose.
From Feb. 8-14, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 22.8% of cases and from Feb. 1-14 they accounted for 32.1% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Feb. 8-14) – Total 6,435
* Not vaccinated: 1,207 (18.8%)
* Partially vaccinated: 258 (4.0%)
* Fully vaccinated: 4,970 (77.2%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 1-14) – Total 954
* Not vaccinated: 267 (28.0%)
* Partially vaccinated: 39 (4.1%)
* Fully vaccinated: 648 (67.9%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 8-14)
* Not vaccinated: 288.1
* Partially vaccinated: 97.1
* Fully vaccinated: 109.8
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 1-14)
* Not vaccinated: 72.1
* Partially vaccinated: 32.9
* Fully vaccinated: 13.8
Since December 2020, the province has administered 11,176,710 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
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