50% of BC adults fully protected against COVID-19
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BC Health Officials are reporting 47% of residents 12 and up along with half of all eligible adults (50.5) have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
In addition, 80.3% of eligible adults and 79.3% of those 12+ have gotten their first jab.
Forty-one new infections were reported today (Wednesday), including two in Northern Health, and 16 in Interior Health.
There are 639 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 28 of them are in our health region.
In addition, 65 people are battling the virus in hospital, 11 of which are in intensive care.
Record high active cases, hospitalizations in B.C.
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It is another record-breaking day for COVID-19 in British Columbia.
B.C. Health Officials say active cases, hospitalizations and critical care cases have surpassed previous highs.
There are 10,052 active cases in B.C and of those, 409 are in hospital and 125 are in ICU, beating yesterday’s record-breaking total of 397.
These numbers come as the province reports 1,205 new cases today (Thursday), including 66 in Northern Health, where the total is 6687.
B.C. has now seen 116,075 total cases since the onset of the pandemic.
“It is important to keep in mind that of the people we are seeing every day – whether at work, running errands or outside – someone is likely to have COVID-19. The more people we see, the higher that likelihood will be. That is why staying small and staying local is key right now,” said Provincial Health Officer Doctor Bonnie Henry.
Province sets new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
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B.C. Health Officials say COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high as the third wave continues.
According to the latest data from the province, 397 people are in hospital across the province and 120 are in intensive care.
Hospitalizations previously peaked at 381 in January, and the previous record for ICU numbers was 93 in mid-December.
In Northern Health, 24 people are in hospital, eight considered critical.
This comes as the province reported 1,168 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 114,870.
The Northern Health region reported an additional 26 cases the region has reported a total of 6,621.
Province sets new record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations
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B.C. Health Officials say COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high as the third wave continues.
According to the latest data from the province, 397 people are in hospital across the province and 120 are in intensive care.
Hospitalizations previously peaked at 381 in January, and the previous record for ICU numbers was 93 in mid-December.
In Northern Health, 24 people are in hospital, eight considered critical.
This comes as the province reported 1,168 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 114,870.
The Northern Health region reported an additional 26 cases the region has reported a total of 6,621.
BC Health Officials are scheduled to provide a live COVID-19 update on Thursday afternoon, including new epidemiological modelling.
The update comes amidst a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 1,168 announced on Wednesday. There have been six new deaths, for a total of 1,521 in British Columbia.
There are 8,728 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 14,602 people under public health monitoring due to identified exposure to known cases.
Of the active cases, 397 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 120 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation.
To date, 1,190,832 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-SII COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in BC, 87,820 of which are second doses.