Hospitalizations down, Interior Health leading in new cases
Interior Health had the most new COVID-19 infections in B.C. for a second straight day with 370, down slightly from the 376 on Tuesday.
Active cases in the region were at 7,191, a drop of 653.
The province reported 1,187 new cases, with 21,974 active cases. Of the active cases, 893 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital (down by 93) and 143 are in intensive care (down by 3).
After no deaths on Tuesday, there were 18 on Wednesday, including two in Interior Health, five in Vancouver Coastal, four in both Fraser and Island Health and two in Northern Health.
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Sidney All Care (Island Health).
The outbreaks at Louis Brier Home and Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Victoria General Hospital (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 54 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
Twenty of the outbreaks are in Interior Health, as shown below.
- Village at Smith Creek long-term care in West Kelowna
- Westview Place community health centre in Penticton
- Pinegrove Care Centre senior citizen centre in Kamloops
- Hamlets at Penticton assisted living
- Mount Ida Mews retirement home in Salmon Arm
- Cottonwoods Care Centre long term care in Kelowna
- Dr. Andrew Pavilion at Summerland Health Centre
- Poplar Ridge at Kootenay Boundary Hospital in Trail
- Monashee Mews assisted living in Lumby
- Noric House nursing home in Vernon
- McKinney Place nursing home in Vernon
- Glenmore Lodge retirement home in Kelowna
- Trinity Care Centre assisted living in Penticton
- Gillis House nursing home in Merritt
- Pondarosa assisted living in Kamloops
- Castleview Care Centre assisted living in Castlegar
- Overlander Residential Care assisted living in Kamloops
- Spring Valley Care Centre long-term care in Kelowna
- Village by the Station assisted living in Penticton
- Creekside Landing assisted living in Vernon
As of today, 90.3 per cent of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 84.8 per cent have had two shots and 50.6 per cent of residents 12 and older have had three shots.
The new/active cases include:
* 316 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 8,623
* 147 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 3,688
* 370 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 7,191
* 191 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 1,119
* 163 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 1,336
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 17