Covid update Friday: Interior Health leads B.C. in new cases, hospitalizations down

Feb 18, 2022 | 3:40 PM Pete McIntyre

Interior Health finished the work week with the most new COVID-19 cases in B.C.

The region reported 217 cases (increase of 25 from Thursday), part of the 692 new infections in the province (down by 90).

COVID-related hospitalizations continue to slowly decrease with 733 today, down by 11, with 113 of those people in intensive care, down by 7.

Five more deaths were reported, with three in Fraser Health, and one each in Vancouver Coastal and Island Health.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Langley Memorial Hospital and Menno Home (Fraser Health).

The outbreak at Queen’s Park Care Centre (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 33 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including ten in the Interior.

Pinegrove Care Centre
Poplar Ridge
Noric House
Glenmore Lodge
Trinity Care Centre
Ponderosa
Castleview Care Centre
Overlander Residential Care
Mountainview Village
Three Links Manor

As of today, 90.5 per cent of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 85.6 per cent had had two shots, and 53.9 per cent of those 12 and older have received three doses.

From Feb. 10-16, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 22.1 per cent of cases. From Feb. 3-16, they accounted for 32 per cent of hospitalizations.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 157

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 75

* Interior Health: 217

* Northern Health: 138

* Island Health: 105

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero