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Posted: February 4, 2022

B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 4

B.C. is today reporting 1,799 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 330,942 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are currently 25,479 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 301,573 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 946 COVID-positive individuals are currently in hospital and 139 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 531 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,976);

* 551 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 9,987);

* 294 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 4,828);

* 191 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,155);

* 232 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,516).

In the past 24 hours, 19 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,675.

There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Creekside Landing (Interior Health), Chemainus Health Care Centre and Selkirk Seniors Village (Island Health).

The outbreak at Joseph Creek Care Village (Interior Health) in Cranbrook has been declared over, for a total of 58 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Friday, Feb. 4, 90% (4,486,817) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.2% (4,199,246) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.8% (4,302,180) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.2% (4,179,452) received their second dose, and 48.1% (2,229,462) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.2% (4,029,724) of all eligible adults have received their first dose, 90.6% (3,919,760) received their second dose, and 51.5% (2,227,223) have received a third dose.

From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.9% of cases and from Jan. 20 to Feb. 2 they accounted for 31.2% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2) – Total 10,410

* Not vaccinated: 2,088 (20.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 499 (4.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 7,823 (75.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 20 to Feb. 2) – Total 1,289

* Not vaccinated: 339 (26.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 63 (4.9%)

* Fully vaccinated: 887 (68.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2)

* Not vaccinated: 411.7

* Partially vaccinated: 162.6

* Fully vaccinated: 234.8