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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for November 5
As of Friday, Nov. 5, 90.2% (4,179,061) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.7% (3,973,745) have received their second dose.
In addition, 90.6% (3,917,869) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 86.3% (3,733,309) have received their second dose.
B.C. is reporting 549 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 208,265 cases in the province.
There are 4,483 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 201,267 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 441 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:
* 110 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 686);
* 184 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 1,903);
* 78 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 601);
* 102 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 627);
* 73 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 605).
In the past 24 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,201.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Bethshan Gardens (Fraser Health). The outbreak at West Shore Laylum (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 37 active outbreaks.
There have been two new outbreaks at King’s Christian School and Vernon Christian School (Interior Health).
From Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.3% of cases. From Oct. 21 to Nov. 3, they accounted for 71.1% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Oct. 28 to Nov. 3) – Total 3,366
* Not vaccinated: 2,017 (59.9%)
* Partially vaccinated: 181 (5.4%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,168 (34.7%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 21 to Nov. 3) – Total 456
* Not vaccinated: 294 (64.5%)
* Partially vaccinated: 30 (6.6%)
* Fully vaccinated: 132 (28.9%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 28 to Nov. 3)
* Not vaccinated: 254.8
* Partially vaccinated: 62.3
* Fully vaccinated: 27.0
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 21 to Nov. 3)
* Not vaccinated: 56.9
* Partially vaccinated: 16.0
* Fully vaccinated: 2.9
Since December 2020, the province has administered 8,311,858 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
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