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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 17
B.C. is today reporting 782 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 343,064 cases in the province.
Note: The numbers of new and total cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh.
The new cases include:
* Interior Health: 191
* Fraser Health: 226
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 132
* Northern Health: 111
* Island Health: 122
There are 744 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 120 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,781.
Note: One reported death has been removed from the total due to a data correction.
There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Mountainview Village and Three Links Manor (Interior Health) and Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health).
The outbreaks at Chartwell Langley Gardens (Fraser Health), Nicola Meadows, Dr. Andrew Pavillion, Village at Smith Creek, Mount Ida Mews (Interior Health), James Bay Care Centre and Dufferin Place (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 32 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
As of Thursday, Feb. 17, 90.5% (4,508,740) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.5% (4,261,431) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.1% (4,317,588) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.5% (4,196,797) received their second dose and 53.6% (2,482,432) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.5% (4,043,977) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.0% (3,935,434) received their second dose and 56.0% (2,421,361) have received a third dose.
From Feb. 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 22.4% of cases. From Feb. 2-15, they accounted for 31.4% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Feb. 9-15) – Total 5,943
* Not vaccinated: 1,113 (18.7%)
* Partially vaccinated: 220 (3.7%)
* Fully vaccinated: 4,610 (77.6%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 2-15) – Total 915
* Not vaccinated: 250 (27.3%)
* Partially vaccinated: 37 (4.1%)
* Fully vaccinated: 628 (68.6%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 9-15)
* Not vaccinated: 272.6
* Partially vaccinated: 88.9
* Fully vaccinated: 102.2
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 2-15)
* Not vaccinated: 67.3
* Partially vaccinated: 32.5
* Fully vaccinated: 13.4
Since December 2020, the province has administered 11,196,470 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead and above images from BC Centre for Disease Control
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