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525 COVID19 cases for Tuesday

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 21 Sep, 2021 03:27 PM

As of Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, 87% (4,031,909) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 79.5% (3,685,799) received their second dose.

In addition, 87.5% (3,785,801) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 80.4% (3,476,203) received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 525 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 180,178 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are currently 5,282 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 172,624 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 332 individuals are currently in hospital and 155 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

Note: Intensive care numbers are a subset of the total in hospital. They are not in addition to the number of people in hospital.

The new/active cases include:

187 new cases in Fraser Health
- Total active cases: 1,711
51 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
- Total active cases: 822
147 new cases in Interior Health
- Total active cases: 1,167
79 new cases in Northern Health
- Total active cases: 921
61 new cases in Island Health
- Total active cases: 619
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
- Total active cases: 42

Note: The number of out of country cases has increased. This is due to a data clean up and reassignment of cases previously reported as Vancouver Coastal Health residents being identified as normally residing outside of Canada.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Vancouver Coastal Health) has been reported, for a total of 1,900.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Victoria Chinatown Care Centre (Island Health), for a total of 22 active outbreaks, including:

long-term care: Northcrest Care Centre, Westminster House, Menno Terrace East (Fraser Health), Arbutus Care Centre, Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health), Village at Mill Creek – second floor, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre, Spring Valley Care Centre, Kamloops Seniors Village, Hillside Village, The Hamlets at Westsyde, Joseph Creek Care Village, Overlander (Interior Health), Jubilee Lodge (Northern Health) and Victoria Chinatown Care Centre (Island Health)
acute care: Chilliwack General Hospital (Fraser Health), Fort St. John Hospital (Northern Health) and Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (Interior Health)
assisted or independent living: David Lloyd Jones, Sun Pointe Village and Hardy View Lodge (Interior Health)

From Sept. 13-19, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 76.1% of cases and from Sept. 6-19, they accounted for 84.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 13-19) – Total 4,367

Not vaccinated: 2,982 (68.3%)
Partially vaccinated: 340 (7.8%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,045 (23.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 6-19) – Total 353

Not vaccinated: 279 (79%)
Partially vaccinated: 20 (5.7%)
Fully vaccinated: 54 (15.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 13-19)

Not vaccinated: 290.3
Partially vaccinated: 87.2
Fully vaccinated: 26.3

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 6-19)

Not vaccinated: 39.8
Partially vaccinated: 8.2
Fully vaccinated: 1.2

After factoring for age, people not vaccinated are 33.1 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.

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