As new COVID-19 infections start to inch upwards after weeks of declines, the same trend is being seen in Burnaby.
According to the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence for Dec. 5 to 11, 2021, Burnaby saw 69 cases recorded compared to 49 that were reported from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2021.
The data is released by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
In other local COVID news, case and positivity rates also increased in the latest update from Dec. 7 to 13, 2021.
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: 3%
- Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 96%
- Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 94%
BURNABY NORTHEAST
- Case rate: 6
- Positivity rate: 5%
- Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 96%
- Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 94%
BURNABY SOUTHWEST
- Case rate: 5
- Positivity rate: 4%
- Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 95%
- Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 92%
BURNABY SOUTHEAST
- Case rate: 4
- Positivity rate: 2%
- Vaccination coverage (first dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 93%
- Vaccination coverage (second dose) of those 12 years of age and older: 90%
Yesterday (Dec. 15), provincial health officials announced 584 new infections and reached an almost six-week high. There were 594 detected on Nov. 9, 2021.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix tried to put B.C.'s numbers in context by saying that on a per-capita basis, in the U.K., there are about 10 or 11 times more cases per day being detected than there are in B.C.
"France – they have nine to 10 times as many cases [detected per day per-capita,]" Dix said. "In Germany, they have eight to nine times as many cases."
Rising numbers of COVID-19 infections across Canada, however, have been worrying politicians, in part because the easily transmissible Omicron variant is a greater proportion of cases, particularly in Ontario and Quebec. The most recent data for Omicron in B.C. was from December 12, when there were 44 cases, which would be less than 2% of B.C.'s COVID-19 infections.
- with files from Glen Korstrom, Business In Vancouver
