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596 COVID19 cases for Thursday

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 04 Nov, 2021 03:57 PM
  • 596 COVID19 cases for Thursday

As of Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, 90.1% (4,176,649) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.6% (3,968,494) have received their second dose.

In addition, 90.5% (3,915,733) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 86.2% (3,728,579) have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 596 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 207,716 cases in the province.

There are currently 4,451 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 200,749 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 438 individuals are in hospital and 130 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

  • 222 new cases in Fraser Health
    • Total active cases: 1,927
  • 46 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
    • Total active cases: 565
  • 115 new cases in Interior Health
    • Total active cases: 666
  • 159 new cases in Northern Health
    • Total active cases: 616
  • 54 new cases in Island Health
    • Total active cases: 618
  • no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
    • Total active cases: 59

In the past 24 hours, eight new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,200.

The new deaths include:

  • Fraser Health: three
  • Vancouver Coastal Health: two
  • Northern Health: three

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Fraser Health) and Peace Villa (Northern Health). The outbreaks at Manoah Manor, Valleyhaven Retirement Community, Westminster House, Willingdon Care Centre (Fraser Health) and Wrinch Memorial Hospital (Northern Health) have been declared over, for a total of 37 active outbreaks, including:

  • long-term care:
    • Cherington Place, West Shore Laylum, Queens Park Care Centre, Rosemary Heights Seniors Village, Tabor Home, Cascade Gardens (Fraser Health);
    • Amica Lions Gate, Amica Edgemont (Vancouver Coastal Health);
    • Cottonwoods Care Centre, Overlander, Village by the Station, Haven Hill Retirement Centre, Deni House, Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health);
    • Peace Villa (Northern Health); and
    • Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health).
  • acute care:
    • Mission Memorial Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital, Queen’s Park Care Centre, Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Fraser Health);
    • Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health);
    • University Hospital of Northern BC, GR Baker Memorial Hospital, Bulkley Valley District Hospital (Northern Health); and
    • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Island Health)
  • assisted or independent living:
    • Menno Terrace West, The Emerald at Elim Village, Swedish Assisted Living Residence, Harrison Pointe, Norman Manor, Pacific Carlton Seniors Community, Rideau Retirement Residence, Tabor Manor, The Cedars, Hallmark on the Lake and Hallmark on the Park (Fraser Health).

From Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.5% of cases and from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2 they accounted for 71.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 27 to Nov. 2) – Total 3,532

  • Not vaccinated: 2,096 (59.3%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 182 (5.2%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 1,254 (35.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 20 to Nov. 2) – Total 447

  • Not vaccinated: 293 (65.5%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 28 (6.3%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 126 (28.2%)

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

  • Not vaccinated: 269.4
  • Partially vaccinated: 62.7
  • Fully vaccinated: 29.0

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 20 to Nov. 2)

  • Not vaccinated: 56.4
  • Partially vaccinated: 13.9
  • Fully vaccinated: 2.8

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,295,846 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

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