Fraser Health accounts for nearly half of 832 cases recorded in B.C., five deaths

VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — B.C. is seeing yet another day of high COVID-19 cases, with another 832 people testing positive for the virus and five dying.

Nearly half of the new cases Thursday are in the Fraser Health region — which has seen 377 new infections.

That’s more than double the cases in any other health authority, including Interior Health, which saw a dramatic rise in cases over the summer.

There are 153 new cases in Interior Health, 114 in Vancouver Coastal Health, 117 in Northern Health, and 71 in Island Health.

Of the five people that have died in the last 24 hours, two deaths were recorded in Fraser Health, two in Interior Health and one person was in the Northern Health region.

New #covid19 cases up again – 832 today@Fraserhealth has nearly half the province's new cases
Active cases up – 5697
ICU up to 148 of the 330 in hospital
Five additional deaths#bcpoli @news1130 pic.twitter.com/tzKkbkY33P

— LizaYuzda (@LizaYuzda) September 23, 2021

Of the 5,697 active cases, 330 people are in hospital, of whom 148 are in the ICU.

Between Sept. 15 and 21, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 75.5 per cent of new infections.

From Sept. 8 and 21, they accounted for 82.6 per cent of hospitalizations.

Since the start of the pandemic, 181,769 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the province, 173,786 people who tested positive have recovered and 1,915 people have died.

The province says those who are unvaccinated are 25.8 times as likely to be hospitalized after age is taken into consideration.

Of all eligible adults in the province, 87.8 per cent have had their first dose and 80.7 per cent are fully vaccinated.

There are a total of 22 active COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities.