– People who are moderately to severely immunocompromised will receive a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine. For information on eligibility, as well as how and when to receive a third dose, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/
– Visitor policy for long-term care and all other health-care settings in B.C. is being updated. Starting October 12, visitors to long-term care and assisted-living facilities will need to show their vaccine card for proof of full immunization. Starting October 26, visitors to acute-care settings will also need to show they are fully vaccinated.
B.C. is reporting 593 new cases of COVID-19, including nine epi-linked cases, for a total of 190,372 cases in the province.
In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, and the total number of deaths in B.C. remains at 1,983.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,894,975 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Tuesday, 88.3% (4,092,813) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 81.7% (3,789,179) had received their second dose.
In addition, 88.8% (3,840,329) of all eligible adults in B.C. have now received their first dose and 82.5% (3,568,189) have received their second dose.
There are 5,937 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 182,045 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 345 individuals are in hospital and 144 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
(Note: Intensive care numbers are a subset of the total in hospital. They are not in addition to the number of people in hospital.)
The new/active cases include:
* 203 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 2,300
* 68 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 869
* 128 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 1,151
* 87 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 836
* 107 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 723
* No new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 58
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at the University Hospital of Northern BC (Northern Health). The outbreak at Menno Terrace East (Fraser Health) has been declared over.
There is a total of 19 active outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
– Willingdon Care Centre, Westminster House, The Residence in Mission, Magnolia Gardens, Manoah Manor, and Good Samaritan Delta View Care Centre (Fraser Health);
– Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health);
– Cottonwoods Care Centre, The Hamlets at Westsyde, Joseph Creek Care Village, Overlander, and Village by the Station (Interior Health);
– Wrinch Memorial Hospital, Jubilee Lodge (Northern Health); and
– Victoria Chinatown Care Centre (Island Health).
* acute care:
– University Hospital of Northern BC (Northern Health); and
– Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health).
* assisted or independent living:
– Sunset Manor (Fraser Health); and
– Cooper Place (Vancouver Coastal Health).
From September 27 to October 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 70.7% of cases and from September 20-October 3, they accounted for 78.1% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (September 27-October 3) – Total 4,922
* Not vaccinated: 3,160 (64.2%)
* Partially vaccinated: 320 (6.5%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,442 (29.3%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (September 20-October 3) – Total 347
* Not vaccinated: 242 (69.7%)
* Partially vaccinated: 29 (8.4%)
* Fully vaccinated: 76 (21.9%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (September 27-October 3)
* Not vaccinated: 297.3
* Partially vaccinated: 90.1
* Fully vaccinated: 35.1
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (September 20 to October 3)
* Not vaccinated: 36.7
* Partially vaccinated: 12.9
* Fully vaccinated: 1.7
