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November 05, 2021 - 4:46 PM
As of today, 90.2% of eligible British Columbians have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 86.7% have received their second shot.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 549 new cases of COVID-19 reported in B.C. for a total of 208,265 cases since the pandemic began, according to a Ministry of Health media release issued today, Nov. 5.
There are 4,483 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C., and 201,267 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 441 individuals are in hospital and 129 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
There were 110 new cases of COVID reported in the Interior Health region since yesterday for a total of 686 active cases.
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One new death has been reported in Northern Health, for an overall total of 2,201 deaths since the pandemic began.
Outbreaks continue in Interior Health for at the Cottonwoods Care Centre, Overlander, Village by the Station, Haven Hill Retirement Centre, Deni House, Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village and Royal Inland Hospital.
Two new outbreaks have also been declared at King's Christian School and Vernon Christian School in Interior Health.
From Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 65.3% of cases. From Oct. 21 to Nov. 3, they accounted for 71.1% of hospitalizations, the ministry said. In the past two week, 65% of hospitalized cases were unvaccinated, 7% were partially vaccinated and 29% were fully vaccinated.
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