Number of COVID-positive people in hospitals back on the decline

The number of COVID-positive people in BC hospitals is back on the decline today.

There are currently 946 people with the virus being treated in hospital, a 4% decrease from a day ago.

The number of patients in intensive care decreased slightly to 139, just 6 fewer than there were yesterday.

There were 1,799 new COVID-19 cases reported in the province today, and there are now 25,479 active cases.

191 of today’s cases were found in Northern Health.

Since yesterday’s update, 19 new deaths have also been reported, including two in Northern Health.

The new/active cases include:

• 551 new cases in Fraser Health
  Total active cases: 9,987
• 294 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  Total active cases: 4,828
• 531 new cases in Interior Health
  Total active cases: 7,976
• 191 new cases in Northern Health
  Total active cases: 1,155
• 232 new cases in Island Health
  Total active cases: 1,516
• no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  Total active cases: 17

In the past 24 hours, 19 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,675.

The new deaths include:

• Fraser Health: five
• Vancouver Coastal Health: six
• Northern Health: two
• Island Health: six

Past week cases (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2) – Total 10,410

• Not vaccinated: 2,088 (20.1%)
• Partially vaccinated: 499 (4.8%)
• Fully vaccinated: 7,823 (75.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 20 to Feb. 2) – Total 1,289

• Not vaccinated: 339 (26.3%)
• Partially vaccinated: 63 (4.9%)
• Fully vaccinated: 887 (68.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 27 to Feb. 2)

• Not vaccinated: 411.7
• Partially vaccinated: 162.6
• Fully vaccinated: 234.8

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 20 to Feb. 2)

• Not vaccinated: 88.2
• Partially vaccinated: 49.6
• Fully vaccinated: 19.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 10,872,777 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.