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Burnaby COVID-19 positivity, case rates decline in latest report

ICU admissions continue to flood B.C. hospitals
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COVID-19 vaccinations in B.C. are declining as infections soar.

There is some slightly good news when it comes to Burnaby's COVID-19 fight. 

According to the latest COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard update, Burnaby has seen decreases in three out of its four quadrants in positivity and case rates from Sept 13 to 19, 2021.

Burnaby Southeast continues to see high numbers in both areas and a slow improvement in vaccination rates. 

The data is released by the BC Centre for Disease Control. 

People unvaccinated against COVID-19 are wreaking enough havoc in B.C.'s hospital system that the provincial government has started to move patients from the hard-hit Northern Health region to intensive care units (ICUs) in other parts of the province.

So far 12 patients have been moved, with nine of those having COVID-19. The province has allotted a total of 15 ICU beds outside Northern Health for northerners so far, with 10 of those beds being in the Lower Mainland, and the rest on Vancouver Island.  

The Northern Health region has a significantly lower vaccination rate than does the province as a whole. 

Health Minister Adrian Dix said on September 21 that the province's vaccination rate for those eligible to receive jabs is about 87% for one shot, and 79.4% for two shots. In the Northern Health region, in contrast, those numbers are 75% for one dose, and 65% for two doses, he said.

Considerable resources at B.C. hospitals are being spent treating 332 COVID-19 patients, with 155 of those individuals sick enough to be in ICUs.

Burnaby's latest regional numbers for Sept. 13 to Sept. 19, 2021, are as follows. Case rates are new cases per 100,000 people by local health area and community health service area.

BURNABY NORTHWEST

  • Case rate: 7
  • Positivity rate: 2%
  • Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 92%
  • Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 86%

BURNABY NORTHEAST

  • Case rate: 4
  • Positivity rate: 1%
  • Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 90%
  • Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 84%

BURNABY SOUTHWEST

  • Case rate: 8
  • Positivity rate: 1%
  • Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 90%
  • Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 82%

BURNABY SOUTHEAST

  • Case rate: 13
  • Positivity rate: 7%
  • Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 88%
  • Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 82%

 With files from Glen Korstrom, Business In Vancouver