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970 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 29 Nov, 2021 04:28 PM

As of Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, 91.1% (4,223,237) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.8% (4,067,778) received their second dose.

In addition, 91.5% (3,957,892) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 88.3% (3,818,730) received their second dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 970 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 218,068 cases in the province:

Nov. 26-27: 389 new cases
Nov. 27-28: 309 new cases
Nov. 28-29: 272 new cases

There are currently 2,882 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 212,704 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 303 individuals are currently in hospital and 115 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

306 new cases in Fraser Health
- Total active cases: 1,015
103 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
- Total active cases: 396
189 new cases in Interior Health
- Total active cases: 534
134 new cases in Northern Health
- Total active cases: 398
238 new cases in Island Health
- Total active cases: 539
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
- Total active cases: zero

In the past 72 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,333.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: four
Interior Health: four
Northern Health: three

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Tabor Home and Maplewood House (Fraser Health) have been declared over for a total of six facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

long-term care:
- George Derby Centre (Fraser Health); and
- Peace Villa (Northern Health)
acute care:
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health); and
- St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health)
assisted or independent living:
- Laurier Manor (Northern Health)

From Nov. 19-25, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 59% of cases.

From Nov. 12-25 they accounted for 67.2% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 19-25) – Total 2,464

Not vaccinated: 1,367 (55.5%)
Partially vaccinated: 87 (3.5%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,010 (41.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 12-25) – Total 284

Not vaccinated: 175 (61.6%)
Partially vaccinated: 16 (5.6%)
Fully vaccinated: 93 (32.7%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 19-25)

Not vaccinated: 182
Partially vaccinated: 40.3
Fully vaccinated: 22.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 12-25)

Not vaccinated: 37
Partially vaccinated: 10.3
Fully vaccinated: 2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,672,194 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

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