The BC Ministry of Health reported 782 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, February 17th.
There have been 343,064 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
New cases were reported in these health regions:
- Vancouver Coastal Health: 132
- Fraser Health: 226
- Island Health: 122
- Interior Health: 191
- Northern Health: 111
- Resident outside Canada: 0
There are now a total of 744 people in hospital with COVID-19, 120 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.
5 new people have died from COVID-related causes, making the provincial death toll 2,781.
Outbreaks
There have been 3 new health-care facility outbreaks in the province: Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health), Mountainview Village and Three Links Manor (Interior Health)
The outbreaks at Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health), Mountainview Village and Three Links Manor (Interior Health) have been declared over.
There are a total of 32 ongoing health care outbreaks in the province.
There are currently 19 health care outbreaks in the Island Health region.
Vaccinations
As of Thursday, February 17th:
- 11,196,470 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC
- 90.5% (4,508,740) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 85.5% (4,261,431) have received their second dose.
- 93.1% (4,317,588) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.5% (4,196,797) received their second dose and 53.6% (2,482,432) have received a third dose.
- 93.5% (4,043,977) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.0% (3,935,434) received their second dose and 56.0% (2,421,361) have received a third dose.
You can view the worldwide stats here.
