B.C.’s COVID-19 update for January 31

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Posted: January 31, 2022

From January 29 to 31, B.C. is reporting 4,075 new cases of COVID-19, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 324,615, cases in the province.

* Jan. 28-29: 1,725;

* Jan. 29-30: 1,293;

* Jan. 30-31: 1,057.

There are currently 27,454 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 293,124 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 1,048 COVID-positive individuals are currently in hospital and 138 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 1,182 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,589);

* 1,225 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 11,503);

* 645 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 5,685)

* 447 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,298);

* 575 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,364).

In the past 72 hours, 19 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,616.

The new deaths include eight in Interior Health, two in Fraser Health, six in Vancouver Coastal and three in Island Health.

There have been eight new health-care facility outbreaks at Kelowna General Hospital, Dr. Andrew Pavilion, Poplar Ridge, Monashee Mews, Noric House, McKinney Place, Glenmore Lodge, Summerland Senior’s Village (Interior Health). The outbreaks at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Peace Arch Hospital, CareLife Fleetwood (Fraser Health), Sun Pointe Village, Hamlets in Vernon (Interior Health), Mount St. Mary, Oyster Harbour and Parkwood Court (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 58 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including at Joseph Creek Care Village in Cranbrook.

As of Monday, Jan. 31, 89.9% (4,480,231) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84% (4,184,629) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.7% (4,297,961) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.1% (4,174,214) received their second dose and 45.9% (2,125,735) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.1% (4,025,838) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.5% (3,914,947) received their second dose and 49.1% (2,123,835) have received a third dose.

From Jan. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 26% of cases and from Jan. 14-27, they accounted for 30.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 21-27) – Total 12,166

* Not vaccinated: 2,549 (21%)

* Partially vaccinated: 610 (5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 9,007 (74%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 14-27) – Total 1,333

* Not vaccinated: 349 (26.2%)

* Partially vaccinated: 59 (4.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 925 (69.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 21-27)

* Not vaccinated: 430

* Partially vaccinated: 180.4