B.C.’s COVID-19 update for November 1

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Posted: November 1, 2021

As of Monday, Nov. 1, 90.0% (4,169,986) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.3% (3,954,068) have received their second dose.

In addition, 90.4% (3,909,724) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 85.9% (3,715,560) have received their second dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,370 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 206,284 cases in the province:

* Oct. 29-30: 568 new cases;

* Oct. 30-31: 470 new cases;

* Oct. 31-Nov. 1: 332 new cases.

There are 4,668 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 199,107 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 436 individuals are in hospital and 140 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 222 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 588);

* 603 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 2,024);

* 124 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 570);

* 203 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 764);

* 218 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 663).

In the past 72 hours, 25 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,181.

The new deaths include seven in Interior Health, eight in Fraser Health, five in Northern Health and five in Island Health.

There have been six new health-care facility outbreaks at Cascade Gardens, The Cedars, Hallmark on the Lake (Fraser Health), Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health) and Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health), for a total of 39 active outbreaks.

From Oct. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.6% of cases. From Oct. 15-28, they accounted for 73.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 22-28) – Total 4,018

* Not vaccinated: 2,354 (58.6%)

* Partially vaccinated: 240 (6.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,424 (35.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 15-28) – Total 468

* Not vaccinated: 316 (67.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 28 (6.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 124 (26.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 22-28)

* Not vaccinated: 291.5

* Partially vaccinated: 80.8