B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 9

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Posted: February 9, 2022

B.C. is today reporting 1,187 new cases of COVID-19, including four new epi-linked cases, for a total of 336,229 cases in the province.

There are 21,974 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 310,533 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 893 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 143 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 370 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 7,191);

* 316 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 8,623);

* 147 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 3,688);

* 191 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,119);

* 163 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,336).

In the past 24 hours, 18 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,725.

The new deaths include two in Interior Health, five in Vancouver Coastal Health, four in Fraser Health, two in Northern Health and five in Island Health.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Sidney All Care (Island Health). The outbreaks at Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Victoria General Hospital (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 54 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Wednesday, Feb. 9, 90.3% (4,500,635) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.8% (4,225,555) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.0% (4,312,613) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.4% (4,189,233) received their second dose and 50.6% (2,347,591) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.4% (4,039,554) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 90.8% (3,928,825) received their second dose and 53.7% (2,320,773) have received a third dose.

From Feb. 1-7, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.3% of cases. From Jan. 25 to Feb. 7, they accounted for 31.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 1-7) – Total 9,059

* Not vaccinated: 1,777 (19.6%)

* Partially vaccinated: 422 (4.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 6,860 (75.7%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 25 to Feb. 7) – Total 1,257

* Not vaccinated: 333 (26.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 56 (4.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 868 (69.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 1-7)

* Not vaccinated: 385.7

* Partially vaccinated: 143.3