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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for November 8
As of Monday, Nov. 8, 90.3% (4,184,112) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.0% (3,986,497) have received their second dose.
In addition, 90.7% (3,922,224) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 86.6% (3,744,474) have received their second dose.
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,438 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 209,703 cases in the province: Nov. 5-6 – 553 new cases; Nov. 6-7 – 462 new cases; Nov. 7-8 – 423 new cases.
There are 4,282 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 202,898 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 407 individuals are in hospital and 121 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 321 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 683);
* 575 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 1,832);
* 155 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 485);
* 166 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 608);
* 221 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 615).
In the past 72 hours, 17 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,218.
The new deaths include one in Interior Health, six in Northern Health, five in Fraser Health, two in Vancouver Coastal Health and three in Island Health.
There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Burnaby Hospital, Maplewood House and Revera Parkwood Manor (Fraser Health). The outbreaks at Chilliwack General Hospital, Rideau Retirement Residence, Norman Manor, Menno Terrace West (Fraser Health), Overlander, Haven Hill Retirement Centre and Deni House (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 33 active outbreaks.
There has been one new outbreak at Millar College of the Bible (Interior Health).
From Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.5% of cases. From Oct. 22 to Nov. 4, they accounted for 70.7% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Oct. 29 to Nov. 4) – Total 3,346
* Not vaccinated: 2,018 (60.3%)
* Partially vaccinated: 174 (5.2%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,154 (34.5%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 22 to Nov. 4) – Total 460
* Not vaccinated: 297 (64.6%)
* Partially vaccinated: 28 (6.1%)
* Fully vaccinated: 135 (29.3%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 29 to Nov. 4)
* Not vaccinated: 255.0
* Partially vaccinated: 60.9
* Fully vaccinated: 26.6
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 22 to Nov. 4)
* Not vaccinated: 58.0
* Partially vaccinated: 14.7
* Fully vaccinated: 3.0
Since December 2020, the province has administered 8,346,993 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead image: COVID-19 information outside Rocky River Grill at the Invermere crossroads. Carrie Schafer/e-KNOW photo
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