Six COVID-19 deaths recorded in Interior as active COVID-19 cases climb past 1,300 mark

Another six people in the Interior have died due to COVID-19, bringing the regional death toll due to the virus up to 235.

The deaths were part of 11 recorded throughout B.C. Friday. To date 1,973 British Columbians have died due to COVID-19.

The province also reports that 205 new cases were confirmed in the Interior Friday, bringing the active case count up to 1,360.

The new cases were part of 714 recorded in B.C., and the provincial active case count is 6,317 as of Friday.

The Ministry of Health and B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) note that 64.3 per cent of the cases recorded over the past week have been unvaccinated, seven per cent were partially vaccinated, and 28.8 per cent were fully immunized with both shots.

The province also noted that, as of Friday, 328 British Columbians were in hospital due to COVID-19, 138 of whom were in intensive care.

The BCCDC stats show that over the past two weeks, the unvaccinated have made up 70.9 per cent of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the partially vaccinated accounted for 9.9 per cent, and the remaining 19.2 per cent were fully vaccinated patients.

The provincial first dose vaccination rate for people age 12 and over rose to 88 per cent on Friday, and 81.1 per cent of eligible British Columbians are fully immunized with both jabs.

The health-care facility outbreak list in the Interior dropped to six Friday as the Kamloops Seniors Village and Hardy View Lodge outbreaks are considered over.

• Cottonwoods Care Centre long-term care in Kelowna: 38 resident cases, 11 staff cases, six deaths
• The Hamlets at Westsyde long-term care in Kamloops: three resident cases, three staff cases
• Joseph Creek Care Village: nine resident cases, six staff cases, two deaths
• Overlander long-term care in Kamloops: 16 resident cases, six staff cases, two deaths
• Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton: 14 resident cases, eight staff cases, one death
• Royal Inland Hospital unit 6N in Kamloops: two patient cases