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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for January 27
B.C. is today reporting 2,033 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 318,906 cases in the province.
Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.
There are 29,556 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 284,832 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 977 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 141 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 539 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,669);
* 685 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 12,351);
* 378 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 6,614);
* 165 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,147);
* 266 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,768).
In the past 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,588.
The new deaths include one in Interior Health, seven in Fraser Health, four in Vancouver Coastal Health and one in Island Health.
There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Nanaimo Seniors Village (Island Health). The outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital (Interior Health) has been declared over, for a total of 62 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including Cranbrook’s Joseph Creek Care Village.
As of Thursday, Jan. 27, 89.7% (4,471,873) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.7% (4,171,956) have received their second dose.
In addition, 92.6% (4,294,225) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.0% (4,169,419) have received their second dose and 43.0% (1,993,191) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.0% (4,022,496) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.4% (3,910,652) received their second dose and 46.0% (1,991,534) have received a third dose.
Note: Due to a delayed refresh in data, the update on cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status is unavailable.
Since December 2020, the province has administered 10,596,211 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
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