Active COVID-19 cases continuing to trend downwards in BC

The number of active COVID-19 cases is continuing to decline in BC, however the number of COVID-positive remained similar to what they were yesterday.

Today (Thursday), there are 25,554 active cases of COVID-19 in BC, a 1.5% decrease from yesterday.

There are 985 COVID-positive individuals currently in hospital, only 3 less than there were yesterday. In addition, there are 145 people in intensive care, 9 more than the least reporting period.

1,518 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in BC today, including 227 in Northern Health.

13 new deaths have also been reported since yesterday’s update, including one in Northern Health.

The new/active cases include:

• 424 new cases in Fraser Health
  Total active cases: 10,057
• 217 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  Total active cases: 5,024
• 431 new cases in Interior Health
  Total active cases: 7,759
• 227 new cases in Northern Health
  Total active cases: 1,153
• 217 new cases in Island Health
  Total active cases: 1,544
• two new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  Total active cases: 17

In the last 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,656.

The new deaths include:

• Fraser Health: four
• Vancouver Coastal Health: four
• Interior Health: two
• Northern Health: one
• Island Health: two

From Jan. 26-Feb. 1, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 25.2% of cases.
From Jan. 19-Feb. 1, they accounted for 31.1% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 26-Feb. 1) – Total 10,751

• Not vaccinated: 2,188 (20.4%)
• Partially vaccinated: 517 (4.8%)
• Fully vaccinated: 8,046 (74.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 19-Feb. 1) – Total 1,304

• Not vaccinated: 340 (26.1%)
• Partially vaccinated: 65 (5.0%)
• Fully vaccinated: 899 (68.9%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 26-Feb. 1)

• Not vaccinated: 426.0
• Partially vaccinated: 169.1
• Fully vaccinated: 223.9

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 19-Feb. 1)

• Not vaccinated: 87.5
• Partially vaccinated: 53.4
• Fully vaccinated: 19.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,842,432 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.