B.C.’s COVID-19 update for January 21

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Posted: January 21, 2022

B.C. is today reporting 2,364 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 308,079 cases in the province.

There are 33,997 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 269,137 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 924 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 130 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 655 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 6,490);

* 686 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 15,768);

* 499 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 8,121);

* 190 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,581);

* 334 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 2,024).

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,529.

There have been five new health-care facility outbreaks at Pinegrove Care Centre, Mariposa Gardens (Interior Health), Echo Village, Mount St. Mary Hospital, and Arrowsmith Lodge (Island Health). The outbreak at Chartwell Langley Gardens (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 62 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Friday, Jan. 21, 89.4% (4,457,647) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.5% (4,162,591) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.5% (4,287,719) of eligible people 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.8% (4,162,011) received their second dose and 37.8% (1,754,063) have received a third dose.

Also, 92.9% (4,016,590) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.3% (3,903,943) received their second dose and 40.5% (1,752,704) have received a third dose.

From Jan. 13-19, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 27.6% of cases. From Jan. 6-19, they accounted for 30.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 13-19) – Total 14,267

* Not vaccinated: 3,216 (22.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 721 (5.1%)

* Fully vaccinated: 10,330 (72.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 6-19) – Total 1,193

* Not vaccinated: 315 (26.4%)

* Partially vaccinated: 54 (4.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 824 (69.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 13-19)

* Not vaccinated: 416.8

* Partially vaccinated: 188.6