Cases of COVID-19 rose slightly on Thursday to go above 400 again after successive days in the 300 level. There were also three new deaths. B.C. is reporting 424 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 216,758 cases in the province. There are currently 3,061 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 211,202 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 295 individuals are in hospital and 112 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – Cases of COVID-19 rose slightly on Thursday to go above 400 again after successive days in the 300 level. There were also three new deaths.

As of Thursday, Nov. 25, 91.0% (4,218,099) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.5% (4,056,728) received their second dose.

In addition, 91.4% (3,953,383) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 88.1% (3,808,967) received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 424 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 216,758 cases in the province.

There are currently 3,061 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 211,202 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 295 individuals are in hospital and 112 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 140 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 1,092

* 62 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 512

* 93 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 608

* 66 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 414

* 63 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 429

* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: six

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,316.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: two

* Interior Health: one

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health) and St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health). The outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 10 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
* Queens Park Care Centre, Tabor Home, Maplewood House, George Derby Centre, Dufferin Care Centre (Fraser Health); and

* Peace Villa (Northern Health)

* acute care:
* Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health); and

* St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health)

* assisted or independent living:
* Laurier Manor (Northern Health)

The outbreaks at Mar Jok Elementary and M.V. Beattie Elementary School (Interior Health) have been declared over.

From Nov. 17-23, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.9% of cases and from Nov. 10- 23 they accounted for 68.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 17-23) - Total 2,650

* Not vaccinated: 1,461 (55.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 101 (3.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,088 (41.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 10-23) - Total 301

* Not vaccinated: 188 (62.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 18 (6.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 95 (31.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 17-23)

* Not vaccinated: 197.7

* Partially vaccinated: 44.6

* Fully vaccinated: 24.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 10-23)

* Not vaccinated: 39.3

* Partially vaccinated: 11.6

* Fully vaccinated: 2.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,609,643 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.