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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for October 25
As of Monday, Oct. 25, 89.6% (4,152,455) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 84.4% (3,910,536) have received their second dose.
In addition, 90.0% (3,893,775) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 85.0% (3,676,200) have received their second dose.
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,618 new cases of COVID-19, including 21 epi-linked cases, for a total of 202,516 cases in the province. Oct. 22-23: 613 new cases; Oct. 23-24: 529 new cases; Oct. 24-25: 476 new cases.
There are 4,966 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 195,055 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 366 individuals are in hospital and 149 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Note: Intensive care numbers are a subset of the total in hospital. They are not in addition to the number of people in hospital.
The new/active cases include:
* 254 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 665);
* 699 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 2,030);
* 190 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 619);
* 289 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,042);
* 86 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 551).
In the past 72 hours, 20 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,129.
The new deaths include six in Interior Health, four in Northern Health, four in Fraser Health; three in Vancouver Coastal Health and three in Island Health.
There have been five new health-care facility outbreaks at Chilliwack General Hospital, Valleyhaven Retirement Community, Harrison Pointe, Norman Manor (Fraser Health) and Amica Edgemont (Vancouver Coastal Health). The outbreak at Tofino General Hospital (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of 29 active outbreaks
Since December 2020, the province has administered 8,156,567 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead image: COVID-19 safety information on the pumps at Fort Steele Esso. Carrie Schafer/e-KNOW photo
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