Number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has gone up

BC Health officials report there are 987 people in the hospital with COVID-19.

That’s over 40 more than what was reported on Friday.

Of those cases, 141 people are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, 32 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,707.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: nine

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 14

* Interior Health: three

* Northern Health: one

* Island Health: five

93.0% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.3% received their second dose and 49.7% have received a third dose.

3,287 new cases of the virus were reported over the last three days:

* Feb. 4-5: 1,326 new cases

* Feb. 5-6: 1,118 new cases

* Feb. 6-7: 843 new cases

There are 23,739 active cases in the province.

The new/active cases include:

* 864 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 9,596

* 440 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 4,183

* 999 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 7,530

* 499 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 1,235

* 478 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 1,174

* seven new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 21

From Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.8% of cases. From Jan. 21 to Feb. 3, they accounted for 31.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 28 to Feb. 3) – Total 9,895

* Not vaccinated: 1,975 (20.0%)

* Partially vaccinated: 473 (4.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 7,447 (75.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Jan. 21 to Feb. 3) – Total 1,291

* Not vaccinated: 346 (26.8%)

* Partially vaccinated: 66 (5.1%)

* Fully vaccinated: 879 (68.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 28 to Feb. 3)

* Not vaccinated: 409.4

* Partially vaccinated: 159.5

* Fully vaccinated: 207.5

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Jan. 21 to Feb. 3)

* Not vaccinated: 92.5

* Partially vaccinated: 53.0

* Fully vaccinated: 18.8