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The provincial government has announced 324 new coronavirus cases, including 77 in the Interior Health region.

The new cases bring B.C.’s total since the pandemic began to 216,012, although just 3,047 cases remain active. Of the active cases, 345 individuals are in hospital and 115 are in intensive care.

In the Interior Health region there are 595 active cases, where 69 people are hospitalized, 30 of whom are in intensive care.

As of Tuesday, 90.9% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% have received their second dose.

The new/active cases include:

• 102 new cases in Fraser Health — Total active cases: 1,115
• 38 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health — Total active cases: 472
• 77 new cases in Interior Health — Total active cases: 595
• 60 new cases in Northern Health — Total active cases: 444
• 36 new cases in Island Health — Total active cases: 415

In the past 24 hours, one new death has been reported, for an overall total of 2,304.

From Nov. 15-21, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.4% of cases. From Nov. 8-21, they accounted for 69.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 15-21) – Total 2,618

• Not vaccinated: 1,422 (54.3%)
• Partially vaccinated: 108 (4.1%)
• Fully vaccinated: 1,088 (41.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 8-21) – Total 248

• Not vaccinated: 153 (61.7%)
• Partially vaccinated: 18 (7.3%)
• Fully vaccinated: 77 (31.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 15-21)

• Not vaccinated: 188.8
• Partially vaccinated: 47.5
• Fully vaccinated: 24.5

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 8-21)

• Not vaccinated: 32.0
• Partially vaccinated: 12.3
• Fully vaccinated: 1.7

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