BC reports under 800 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry (Gov BC/Flickr)

British Columbia health officials announced today that there have been 782 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the province to 343,064.

In a written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that 744 (-18) COVID-positive individuals are currently hospitalized, and 120 (-1) are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

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New cases are broken down by health region as follows:

Fraser Health: 226 new cases
Vancouver Coastal Health: 132 new cases
Interior Health: 191 new cases
Northern Health: 111 new cases
Island Health: 122 new cases
Outside of Canada: Zero new cases

There have been five new COVID-19-related deaths in British Columbia, for a total of 2,781 deaths in the province.

There have been three new healthcare facility outbreaks, for a total of 32 facilities with outbreaks in the province.

To date, 90.5% (4,508,740) of eligible people five and older in BC have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.5% (4,261,431) have received their second dose.

From February 9 to 15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 22.4% of cases, and from February 2 to 15, they accounted for 31.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (February 9 to 15) – Total 5,943

Not vaccinated: 1,113 (18.7%)
Partially vaccinated: 220 (3.7%)
Fully vaccinated: 4,610 (77.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (February 2 to 15) – Total 915

Not vaccinated: 250 (27.3%)
Partially vaccinated: 37 (4.1%)
Fully vaccinated: 628 (68.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (February 9 to 15)

Not vaccinated: 272.6
Partially vaccinated: 88.9
Fully vaccinated: 102.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (February 2 to 15)

Not vaccinated: 67.3
Partially vaccinated: 32.5
Fully vaccinated: 13.4