VICTORIA — There’s no end in sight to the fourth wave of the pandemic.
The province announced 832 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, including 117 in northern BC.
The new/active cases include:
* 377 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 1,932
* 114 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 909
* 153 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 1,181
* 117 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 977
* 71 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 654
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 44
There are 5,697 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 173,786 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 330 individuals are in hospital and 148 are in intensive care.
The virus also claimed five more lives, including a resident in the Northern Health region. The provincial death toll now sits at 1,915.
As for vaccinations, 87.3% (4,046,960) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 79.9% (3,701,696) received their second dose.
In addition, 87.8% (3,799,479) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 80.7% (3,490,764) received their second dose.
The province says people not vaccinated are 25.8 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.
