B.C.’s COVID-19 update for October 29

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Posted: October 29, 2021

As of Friday, Oct. 29, 89.8% (4,163,572) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.0% (3,940,563) have received their second dose.

In addition, 90.3% (3,903,864) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 85.6% (3,703,431) have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 584 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 204,914 cases in the province.

There are 4,982 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 197,396 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 436 individuals are in hospital and 156 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 85 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 684);

* 232 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 2,115);

* 81 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 704);

* 104 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 817);

* 82 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 603).

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,156.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 33 active outbreaks

There has been one new outbreak at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Island Health).

From Oct. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.1% of cases. From Oct. 14-27, they accounted for 73.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Oct. 21-27) – Total 4,098

* Not vaccinated: 2,418 (59.0%);