BC COVID-19 updated December 10: Decreased number of ICU patients

BC has recently been able to curb the spread of COVID-19, observing a steady decline in the number of serious infections.

Currently, British Columbia hospitals have 211 COVID-19 patients, the lowest number since September 2. 72 of them are in the fewest intensive care units (ICUs) since August 20th.

The disease has killed three more people in the past day, increasing the number of deaths from the state pandemic to 2,381. These deaths included individuals from the Fraser Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Island Health regions.

The number of new COVID-19 infections in British Columbia has increased to 437, the highest number per day since November 19, but 14,535 tests have been conducted over the past day, which is several weeks. Is the largest number. The positive rate for the past day has been 3%, lower than the positive rate earlier this week.

The 437 new infections over the past day include:
• Fraser Health 105.
• 90 at Vancouver Coastal Health.
• 93 in Interior Health.
• 22 people in Northern Health.
• 127 at Island Health.

Glacier Media analyzed 437 new infections in each healthy area for every 10,000 residents and showed which areas had more cases in proportion. The results are as follows.
• 0.6 for Fraser Health.
• 0.7 for Vancouver Coastal Health.
• Interior Health 1.3.
• 0.7 for Northern Health.When
• 1.5 for Island Health.

The high daily number of cases means that new infections have outpaced the recovery of the past day and the number of known active infections has risen to 2,994, the highest since December 3.

These 2,994 infections include:
• Fraser Health 871.
• Vancouver Coastal Health 589.
• 575 in Interior Health.
• 243 in Northern Health.When
• Island Health 664.When
• Two people who normally live outside British Columbia

For the second consecutive day, the total number of active infections is 50 more than can be counted in the regional breakdown. Yesterday, the government explained, “By adjusting the data, 50 cases have been reflected in the BCCDC (British Columbia Center for Disease Control) dashboard and are not currently active.” It is unknown why these inactive cases remain counted as active cases. No one in British Columbia could explain late Friday afternoon.

Results by health region are as follows for every 10,000 residents for 2,994 people who are fighting active infectious diseases:
• Fraser Health 4.8.
• 4.7 for Vancouver Coastal Health.
• Interior Health 7.7.
• Northern Health 8.1 (734);
• Island Health 7.8 (572).

Of the 222,013 people known to be infected with COVID-19 in British Columbia, 216,542, or nearly 97.6%, are considered to have been recovered by the state. So far, BC has identified 10 cases of the Omircon variant.

British Columbia usually considers a COVID-19 patient to be recovered if 10 days have passed since he first felt symptoms, as it is considered to be infectious. However, some patients continue to have health problems for several months after recovery.

Unvaccinated people continue to be the most prevalent people of the disease.

Between December 1st and December 7th, completely unvaccinated people accounted for 57.7% of new cases, and between November 24th and December 7th, those individuals were hospitalized. It accounted for 63.5%.

This is despite the fact that the majority of British Columbia citizens are fully vaccinated.

According to British Columbia data, 4,288,204 residents have been vaccinated at least once, and 4,097,320, or 95.5%, have been vaccinated twice.

Children between the ages of 5 and 29 began to be vaccinated, resulting in a surge in the number of new people receiving the first vaccination. The first vaccination in BC in the past day was 6,596. Another 2,781 received a second dose.

The BC government estimates that 86% of eligible British Columbia residents over the age of 5 have been vaccinated at least once, while 82.2% of the eligible group have been fully vaccinated with two jabs. I am.

Last year’s British Columbia government The total population of the state is 5,147,712Therefore, Glacier Media calculates that approximately 83.3% of British Columbia’s total population has been vaccinated at least once, and 79.6% of British Columbia’s total population has been vaccinated twice.

Booster shots in BC show immunocompromised people, people over 70 years 6 months after the second vaccination, health care workers, and 6 months after receiving two AstraZeneca vaccinations. Is beginning to be given to people. Their second dose. Others over the age of 18 are expected to be gradually allowed to receive booster immunization in 2022.

So far, according to today’s data, 562,602 people in British Columbia have been boosted. This is 20,193 more than yesterday, and the number of booster shots given in the past day is the highest. Most booster doses have been aimed at people over the age of 70 so far.

There have been no new outbreaks in the medical facility for the past day. It leaves five such outbreaks in the state. ••