Friday, April 19, 2024

BC health officials report under 1,000 cases of COVID-19 for a three-day period on Monday, November 29th

Share

The BC Ministry of Health reported 970 new cases of COVID-19 for a three-day period on  Monday, November 29th.

There have been 218,068 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Day-to-Day Breakdown:

  • Friday-Saturday: 389
  • Saturday-Sunday: 309
  • Sunday-Monday: 272

New cases were reported in these health regions:

  • Vancouver Coastal Health: 103
  • Fraser Health: 306
  • Island Health: 238
  • Interior Health: 189
  • Northern Health: 134
  • Resident outside Canada: 0

There are currently 2,882 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

212,704 people who tested positive have recovered.

There are now a total of 303 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 115 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

11 new people have died from COVID-related causes, making the provincial death toll 2,333.

Outbreaks

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks in the province.

The outbreaks at Tabor Home and Maplewood House (Fraser Health) have been declared over.

There are a total of 6 ongoing health care outbreaks in the province.

There are currently no health care outbreaks in the Island Health region.

Island Health:

Island Health reported 238 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region and 463 active cases.

Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:

  • South Vancouver Island  Active cases: 100 │Total Cases: 4849
  • Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 223 │ Total Cases: 5965
  • North Vancouver Island  Active cases: 140 │Total Cases: 1763

54 people remain in hospital with 17 in ICU. 

There were no new deaths reported in the Island Health region today, and a total of 119 deaths on Vancouver Island.

Vaccinations

As of Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, 91.1% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.8% received their second dose.

In addition, 91.5% of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 88.3% received their second dose.

To date, 8,672,194 (+41,716) doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC; 4,067,778 (+7,585) of which are second doses.

Some links include:

You can view the worldwide statistics here.

Read more

Latest Stories