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Feb 4, 2022 1:04 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 1,518 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths

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B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 1,518 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 329,143 cases in the province.

There are 25,554 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 299,657 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 985 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 145 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

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.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Trinity Care Centre and Gillis House (Interior Health), for a total of 56 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

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.

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