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88% of adults in BC fully inoculated against COVID-19

BC Health officials report 91% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% have received their second dose.

91.4% of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 88% have received their second jab.

BC is reporting 322 new cases of the virus, with 44 in Northern Health, and 86 in Interior Health.

This brings the provincial rolling seven-day average to 366, the lowest level since August 10th.

There are 3,015 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, of the active cases, 318 individuals are in hospital and 109 are in intensive care.

The new/active cases include:

* 100 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 1,095

* 50 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 472

* 86 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 606

* 44 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 415

* 42 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 421

* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: six

Nine new deaths were reported across the province, five were from the north.

From Nov. 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.1% of cases.
From Nov. 9-22, they accounted for 69.2% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 16-22) – Total 2,663

* Not vaccinated: 1,438 (54%)

* Partially vaccinated: 109 (4.1%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,116 (41.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 9-22) – Total 299

* Not vaccinated: 184 (61.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 23 (7.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 92 (30.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 16-22)

* Not vaccinated: 193.8

* Partially vaccinated: 48.1

* Fully vaccinated: 25.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 9-22)

* Not vaccinated: 38.4

* Partially vaccinated: 15.8

* Fully vaccinated: 2.0

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