COVID-19 cases in Burnaby saw close to a 20% decrease during the past week, according to newly released data.
According to Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence, Burnaby recorded 144 new infections from Sept. 12 to 18.
From Sept. 5 to 11, 2021, there were 177 newly diagnosed cases. The new data equates to a 19% decrease.
Strain continues in B.C. hospitals, with the province's fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sloshing ever higher.
As of yesterday (Sept. 22), the number of those in B.C. hospitals' intensive care units (ICUs) with COVID-19 is once again higher than at any time in the past four months, with 157 people fighting for their lives in those wards. You have to go back to May 5 to find more COVID-19 patients (161) in B.C. ICUs.
The total number of those patients includes people who have had to be moved from the Northern Health region, to beds in the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island, because of a scarcity of beds in the province's North.
Government data from Tuesday (Sept. 21) show that, after factoring for age, people not vaccinated against COVID-19 are 33.1 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.
Of the 353 hospitalizations in the two weeks ended September 19, there were:
• 279 not vaccinated (79%)
• 20 partially vaccinated (5.7%)
• 54 fully vaccinated (15.3%)
The 4,367 cases in the week ended September 19 included:
• 2,982 (68.3%) unvaccinated
• 340 (7.8%) partially vaccinated
• 1,045 (23.9%) fully vaccinated
In other data, 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
