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November 16, 2021 - 3:40 PM
The 39 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Interior Health region over the last 24 hours is the lowest daily total since July.
There were many days in September when there were well over 200 daily new cases.
In B.C., in the last 24 hours, there were 338 new cases, also a fairly low number for the province.
There were 160 new cases reported in the Fraser Health region in the last 24 hours, 57 in Northern Health, 42 on Vancouver Island and 40 in Vancouver Coastal.
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Only one new death, in Fraser Health, was reported. There have now been 2,274 deaths attributed to COVID.
The number of active cases has dropped to 3,568 with 376 people in hospital, 107 of whom are in intensive care beds.
The vaccination rate for those 12 years and older with at least one dose remained unchanged at 90.7% as did the rate for those with two doses that stayed at 86.8.
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