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749 COVID19 cases for Thursday

Darpan News Desk BC Government News, 30 Sep, 2021 06:12 PM
  • 749 COVID19 cases for Thursday

As of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, 88.0% (4,078,469) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 81.0% (3,756,363) have received their second dose.

In addition, 88.5% (3,827,508) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 81.8% (3,539,236) have received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 749 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 186,994 cases in the province.

Currently, 145 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care. 

Note: The number of yesterday’s critical care COVID-19 confirmed cases has been changed to 142 from 146 after a correction from Interior Health.

The new/active cases include:

  • 267 new cases in Fraser Health
  • 113 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • 157 new cases in Interior Health
  • 148 new cases in Northern Health
  • 64 new cases in Island Health
  • No new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

In the last 24 hours, 9 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,962.

The new deaths include:

  • Fraser Health: three
  • Island Health: two
  • Northern Health: one
  • Vancouver Coastal Health: one
  • Interior Health: two

There are no new outbreaks, for a total of 22 active outbreaks, including:

  • long-term care:
    • Willingdon Care Centre, Westminster House, Menno Terrace East, The Residence in Mission, Magnolia Gardens (Fraser Health);
    • Arbutus Care Centre, Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health);
    • Cottonwoods Care Centre, Kamloops Seniors Village, The Hamlets at Westsyde, Joseph Creek Care Village, Overlander, Village by the Station (Interior Health);
    • Wrinch Memorial Hospital, Jubilee Lodge (Northern Health); and
    • Victoria Chinatown Care Centre (Island Health).
  • acute care:
    • University Hospital of Northern BC (Northern Health); and
    • Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health).
  • assisted or independent living:
  • Sunset Manor, Hallmark on the Lake (Fraser Health);
  • Hardy View Lodge (Interior Health), and
  • Cooper Place (Vancouver Coastal Health).

When available, information on school outbreaks will be posted online:
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/public-exposures

From Sept. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 71.2% of cases.
From Sept. 15-28, they accounted for 80.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 22-28) – Total 5,251
Not vaccinated: 3,367 (64.1%)
Partially vaccinated: 373 (7.1%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,511 (28.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 15-28) – Total 444
Not vaccinated: 317 (71.4%)
Partially vaccinated: 41 (9.2%)
Fully vaccinated: 86 (19.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 22-28)
Not vaccinated: 303.4
Partially vaccinated: 101.6
Fully vaccinated: 37.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 15-28)
Not vaccinated: 46.5
Partially vaccinated: 17.1
Fully vaccinated: 2.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,846,714 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

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