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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for January 24
Over the past three-day period, B.C. is reporting 4,997 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 313,076 cases in the province:
* Jan. 21-22: 2,163 new cases.
* Jan. 22-23: 1,489 new cases.
* Jan. 23-24: 1,345 new cases.
There are 31,822 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 276,529 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 987 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 129 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 1,251 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,021);
* 1,702 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 14,431);
* 862 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 7,256);
* 555 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,566);
* 626 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,544).
In the past 72 hours, 24 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,553.
The new deaths include one in Interior Health, 18 in Fraser Health, three in Vancouver Coastal Health and two in Northern Health.
There have been six new health-care facility outbreaks at Hamlets at Penticton, Mount Ida Mews, Crestview Village (Interior Health), Evergreen House, Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health), and Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health).
The outbreaks at CareLife Fleetwood, Morgan Place (Fraser Health), St. Vincent’s Langara (Vancouver Coastal Health) and The Heights at Mt. View (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 64 facilities including Cranbrook’s Joseph Creek Care Village.
As of Monday, Jan. 24, 89.6% (4,465,993) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.6% (4,166,318) have received their second dose.
In addition, 92.6% (4,290,753) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.9% (4,165,636) received their second dose and 40.4% (1,874,956) have received a third dose.
Also, 92.9% (4,019,324) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.3% (3,907,214) received their second dose and 43.3% (1,873,448) have received a third dose.
From Jan. 14-20, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 28.5% of cases. From Jan. 7-20, they accounted for 30.6% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Jan. 14-20) – Total 14,382
* Not vaccinated: 3,317 (23.1%)
* Partially vaccinated: 778 (5.4%)
* Fully vaccinated: 10,287 (71.5%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 7-20) – Total 1,256
* Not vaccinated: 325 (25.9%)
* Partially vaccinated: 59 (4.7%)
* Fully vaccinated: 872 (69.4%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 14-20)
* Not vaccinated: 418.2
* Partially vaccinated: 197.6
* Fully vaccinated: 253.1
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 7-20)
* Not vaccinated: 81.7
* Partially vaccinated: 48.4
* Fully vaccinated: 18.7
Since December 2020, the province has administered 10,466,993 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Paediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
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