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BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Over 300 Cases But No Deaths Reported Tuesday
- December 1, 2021
Cases of COVID-19 continued to remain low, hovering near the mid 300 range on Tuesday with no new deaths. B.C. is reporting 358 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 218,426 cases in the province. There are 2,889 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 213,053 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 300 individuals are in hospital and 104 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
By DESIBUZZCanada Staff
VANCOUVER – Cases of COVID-19 continued to remain low, hovering near the mid 300 range on Tuesday with no new deaths.
As of Tuesday, Nov. 30, 84.8% (4,225,218) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 81.7% (4,069,988) have received their second dose.
In addition, 91.1% (4,224,201) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 87.8% (4,069,967) received their second dose, and 10% (418,428) have received a third dose.
Also, 91.5% (3,958,775) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, and 88.3% (3,820,698) have received their second dose.
B.C. is reporting 358 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked case, for a total of 218,426 cases in the province.
There are 2,889 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 213,053 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 300 individuals are in hospital and 104 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 107 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 1,018
* 53 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 443
* 85 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 552
* 56 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 337
* 57 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 539
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: zero
In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,333.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of five facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
* George Derby Centre (Fraser Health); and
* Peace Villa (Northern Health).
* acute care:
* Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health); and
* St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health).
* assisted or independent living:
* Laurier Manor (Northern Health).
From Nov. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.2% of cases.
From Nov. 15-28, they accounted for 65.9% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Nov. 22-28) - Total 2,342
* Not vaccinated: 1,269 (54.2%)
* Partially vaccinated: 93 (4.0%)
* Fully vaccinated: 980 (41.8%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 15-28) - Total 223
* Not vaccinated: 135 (60.5%)
* Partially vaccinated: 12 (5.4%)
* Fully vaccinated: 76 (34.1%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 22-28)
* Not vaccinated: 173.2
* Partially vaccinated: 41.8
* Fully vaccinated: 21.9
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 15-28)
* Not vaccinated: 28.6
* Partially vaccinated: 8.3
* Fully vaccinated: 1.7
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,688,112 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.