COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 1,438 cases, 17 related deaths over 72 hours
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British Columbia has recorded 1,438 cases of COVID-19 and 17 related deaths since Friday, the Ministry of Health revealed Monday.
British Columbia recorded 1,438 more cases of COVID-19 and 17 related deaths over the weekend, the Ministry of Health announced Monday.
Another 1,631 people also recovered from COVID-19 over the same 72-hour period, pushing the province's active case count down to 4,282 – the lowest it's been in nearly three months.
Last week, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry shared optimistic modelling data suggesting B.C.'s high vaccination rates combined with current public safety measures are bringing about a slow decline in overall transmission.
The province's seven-day average for COVID-19 cases increased slightly to 488 per day on Monday, but has been trending downward for weeks.
The number of infectious coronavirus patients in hospital also fell to 407 – a drop of 34 from Friday – with 121 patients in critical care.
B.C.'s vaccine holdouts continue to make up most of the province's COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and ICU visits, despite representing less than 20 per cent of the overall population, including children under 12 who are too young for the approved vaccines.
According to the Ministry of Health, the unvaccinated made up 60.3 per cent of infections between Oct. 29 and Nov. 4, and 64.6 per cent of hospitalizations from Oct. 22 to Nov. 4.
