B.C.’s COVID-19 update for November 23

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Posted: November 23, 2021

As of Tuesday, Nov. 23, 90.9% (4,214,774) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% (4,050,134) have received their second dose.

In addition, 91.3% (3,950,456) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 87.9% (3,803,087) have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 324 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 216,012 cases in the province.

There are 3,047 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 210,478 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 345 individuals are in hospital and 115 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 77 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 595);

* 102 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 1,115);

* 38 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 472);

* 60 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 444);

* 36 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 415).

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for a total of 2,304.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 12 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Nov. 15-21, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.4% of cases. From Nov. 8-21, they accounted for 69.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 15-21) – Total 2,618

* Not vaccinated: 1,422 (54.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 108 (4.1%)