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Posted: February 3, 2022

B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 3

As of Thursday, Feb. 3, 90.0% (4,485,371) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.2% (4,195,459) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.8% (4,301,301) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.1% (4,178,226) received their second dose, and 47.6% (2,204,107) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.1% (4,028,907) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.6% (3,918,623) received their second dose, and 50.9% (2,201,995) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 1,518 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 329,143 cases in the province.

There are 25,554 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 299,657 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 985 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 145 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 431 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,759);

* 424 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 10,057);

* 217 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 5,024);

* 227 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,153);

* 217 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,544).

In the last 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,656.

The new deaths include two in Interior Health.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Trinity Care Centre and Gillis House (Interior Health), for a total of 56 facilities with ongoing outbreaks

From Jan. 26-Feb. 1, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 25.2% of cases. From Jan. 19-Feb. 1, they accounted for 31.1% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 26-Feb. 1) – Total 10,751

* Not vaccinated: 2,188 (20.4%)

* Partially vaccinated: 517 (4.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 8,046 (74.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 19-Feb. 1) – Total 1,304

* Not vaccinated: 340 (26.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 65 (5.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 899 (68.9%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 26-Feb. 1)

* Not vaccinated: 426.0

* Partially vaccinated: 169.1