VICTORIA — The COVID-19 related death toll continues to mount in B.C.
The province announced 25 more deaths over the weekend. The new deaths include:
* Fraser Health: eight
* Interior Health: seven
* Northern Health: five
* Island Health: five
It brings the death toll in B.C. since the pandemic began to 2,181.
The province announced 1,370 new cases of the virus over the weekend. Here’s the regional breakdown:
* 603 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 2,024
* 124 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 570
* 222 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 588
* 203 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 764
* 218 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 663
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 59
There are 4,668 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 199,107 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 436 individuals are in hospital and 140 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
As for vaccinations, 90.0% (4,169,986) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.3% (3,954,068) have received their second dose.
In addition, 90.4% (3,909,724) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 85.9% (3,715,560) have received their second dose.
From Oct. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.6% of cases and from Oct. 15-28, they accounted for 73.5% of hospitalizations.
