B.C.’s COVID-19 update for Sept. 10

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Posted: September 10, 2021

As of Friday, Sept. 10, 85.5% (3,962,256) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 78.0% (3,614,503) received their second dose.

In addition, 86.1% (3,722,969) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 78.9% (3,412,468) received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 820 new cases of COVID-19, including 11 epi-linked cases, for a total of 173,158 cases in the province.

There are 5,850 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 165,027 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 281 individuals are in hospital and 135 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

Note: Intensive care numbers are a subset of the total in hospital. They are not in addition to the number of people in hospital.

The new/active cases include:

* 253 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 1,828);

* 264 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 1,750);

* 112 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 938);

* 101 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 782);

* 90 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 539).

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,856.

The new deaths include: Interior Health – three; Vancouver Coastal Health -three; Northern Health – two; Island Health – one.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

There are 22 active outbreaks, including in long-term care at Joseph Creek Care Village, Village at Mill Creek – second floor, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre, Spring Valley Care Centre, Kamloops Seniors Village, Hillside Village, The Hamlets at Westsyde(Interior Health).

Joseph Creek Village long-term care in Cranbrook has 13 cases: eight residents and five staff.

And in assisted or independent living at Nicola Meadows, David Lloyd Jones, Sun Pointe Village, Hardy View Lodge and Rose Woods Village (Interior Health).

From Sept. 2-8, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 78.4% of cases and from Aug. 26-Sept. 8, they accounted for 86.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 2-8) – Total 4,661

* Not vaccinated: 3,252 (69.8%);

* Partially vaccinated: 402 (8.6%);

* Fully vaccinated: 1,007 (21.6%).

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 26-Sept. 8) – Total 358

* Not vaccinated: 292 (81.6%);

* Partially vaccinated: 18 (5.0%);

* Fully vaccinated: 48 (13.4%).

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 2-8)

* Not vaccinated: 301.2;

* Partially vaccinated: 88.7;