B.C. saw 1,692 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend for a total of 179,646 cases in the province:
Sept. 17-18: 644 new cases
Sept. 18-19: 613 new cases
Sept. 19-20: 435 new cases
The three day total included 204 new cases in Island Health, an average of 68 each day. This brings the island’s total number of active cases to 661.
There are 5,608 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 171,769 people who tested positive have recovered.
In the past 72 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, bringing B.C.’s death toll to 1,899. None of the deaths reported were in the Island Health region.
Of the active cases, 307 individuals are in hospital and 156 are in ICU.
The new/active cases include:
345 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 1,037)
371 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 1,183)
533 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 1,732)
239 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 988)
There were no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada, leaving its total active cases: seven
From Sept. 10-16, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 76.3 percent of cases, and from Sept. 3-16, they accounted for 85 percent of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Sept. 10-16) – Total 4,749
Not vaccinated: 3,268 (68.8 percent)
Partially vaccinated: 355 (7.5 percent)
Fully vaccinated: 1,126 (23.7 percent)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 3-16) – Total 401
Not vaccinated: 319 (79.6 percent)
Partially vaccinated: 22 (5.5 percent)
Fully vaccinated: 60 (15 percent)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 10-16)
Not vaccinated: 313.7
Partially vaccinated: 91.6
Fully vaccinated: 28.6
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 3-16)
Not vaccinated: 44.9
Partially vaccinated: 8.7
Fully vaccinated: 1.4
After factoring for age, people not vaccinated are 32.2 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.
86.8 percent (4,024,302) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 79.4 percent (3,679,181) received their second dose.
In addition, 87.4 percent (3,778,735) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 80.2% (3,470,043) received their second dose.
