Provincial COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to 895 Wednesday, 13 new virus-related deaths recorded

In the past 24 hours, 13 new virus-related deaths have been reported, one of which took place in Interior Health.

There have been five new health-care facility outbreaks reported today, for a total of 56 facilities with ongoing outbreaks. This includes Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Home in Kamloops.

From Jan. 11-17, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 25.9 per cent of cases and from Jan. 4-17, they accounted for 31.8 per cent of hospitalizations.

As of Wednesday, 89.3 per cent of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.4 per cent have received their second dose.

In addition, 92.4 per cent of eligible people 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.7 per cent received their second dose, and 35.5 per cent have received a third dose.

The new/active cases include:

814 new cases in Fraser Health * Total active cases: 17,441
487 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health * Total active cases: 8,945
550 new cases in Interior Health * Total active cases: 5,769
260 new cases in Northern Health * Total active cases: 1,504
275 new cases in Island Health * Total active cases: 2,095
one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada * Total active cases: 16

by CFJC Today

Provincial COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to 895 Wednesday, 13 new virus-related deaths recorded

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