B.C. records 11 deaths from COVID-19, 714 new cases
Posted October 1, 2021 5:27 pm.
Last Updated October 1, 2021 5:28 pm.
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — Eleven more people in British Columbia have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, as the province records 714 new infections.
Friday’s update from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix comes on the heels of the announcement that the provincial mask mandate in schools has been expanded to include kids from Kindergarten to Grade 3.
There were 274 new cases recorded in Fraser Health, where regional restrictions were introduced earlier this week in Abbotsford, Hope, Chilliwack, Agassiz, Mission, and Harrison. Interior Health recorded 205 new cases, Vancouver Coastal saw 73, Northern Health saw 106, and the Island Health region saw 56.
#BREAKING: BC is reporting 714 (-35) new cases of #COVID19 in the past 24 hours and 11 (+2) more deaths. Of the active cases, 328 individuals are in hospital and 138 (-7) are in intensive care. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/9iLG9kw8Lt
— John Ackermann ???? (@jackermann) October 1, 2021
The total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 328, 138 of whom are in ICU. Of those hospitalized, between Sept. 15 and 29, 80.8 per cent were not fully vaccinated. Overall immunization rates continue to creep upward, with 88.5 per cent of eligible people in B.C. having received one dose, and 81.9 per cent fully vaccinated.
There have been no new healthcare or long-term care outbreaks.
However, the following 22 remain active.
Long-term care: Willingdon Care Centre, Westminster House, The Residence in Mission, Magnolia Gardens (Fraser Health); Arbutus Care Centre, Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health); Cottonwoods Care Centre, Kamloops Seniors Village, The Hamlets at Westsyde, Joseph Creek Care Village, Overlander, 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, Menno Terrace East, Hallmark on the Lake (Fraser Health); Hardy View Lodge (Interior Health); and Cooper Place (Vancouver Coastal Health).
