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90% of eligible British Columbians 12 and up now have 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Health officials in British Columbia reported another 2,033 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

The number of active cases in the province dipped below 30,000 to 29,556.

Unfortunately, after a notable dip in the number of COVID-positive people in hospital on Wednesday, the number jumped back up from 949 to 977 today.

The number of COVID-positive people in intensive care went up as well, from 136 to 141.

Another 13 COVID-19 deaths were reported today, another double digit number after 21 were reported on Wednesday, which brings BC’s pandemic death toll to 2,588.

Once again, Fraser Health saw the most deaths with seven, while Vancouver Coastal Health had four and Island Health and Interior Health both had one.

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BC hit another milestone on the vaccination front today, as 90% of eligible people 12 years old and up have now received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is equivalent to 4,169,419 people.

For all eligible people, which is those five years old and up, 89.7% have one dose and 83.7% have two doses.

The province is up to 93% of eligible adults vaccinated with at least one dose, while 90.4% have received two doses and 46% have received a booster.

Since the vaccination program began in December 2020, the Province has administered 10,596,211 doses of all approved vaccines.

"Due to a delayed refresh in data, the update on cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status is unavailable," the Province's update said today, but we will provide the number from Wednesday below.

Here’s a look at cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age from Jan. 18-24:

  • Not vaccinated: 410.5
  • Partially vaccinated: 201.6
  • Fully vaccinated: 233.9

Here’s a look at hospitalizations per 100,000 population after adjusting for age from Jan. 11-24:

  • Not vaccinated: 85.2
  • Partially vaccinated: 51.4
  • Fully vaccinated: 20.0


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