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A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at a pop-up clinic in Vernon. (Liam Verster/Vernon Matters)
vaccination rate update

Vernon/Coldstream’s vaccine rates relatively flat on week-to-week basis

Feb 9, 2022 | 2:00 PM

The COVID-19 vaccination rates for the Vernon/Coldstream health area increased by a slim margin over the past week.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) data on vaccination rates from Monday, Feb. 7, showed the area’s first-dose rates for children aged five to 11 rose just one point from the week prior to 46 per cent.

While that rate is above the 43 per cent recorded for the same age group in the Interior, it is below the provincial rate of 54 per cent.

Okanagan Mission continued to lead the Interior with vaccinations for that age group at 60 per cent, while Kettle Valley recorded the lowest rate at 21 per cent.

Vernon/Coldstream’s vaccination rates for youth aged 12 to 17 remain the same week-over-week at 84 per cent for first doses and 79 per cent for second jabs.

However, the BCCDC data did show a one point increase to the first dose rates for area residents aged 18 to 49, bringing the vaccination rates to 83 per cent for first doses and 79 per cent for second jabs.

The first dose rates for residents aged 50 and above also rose by a point to 92 per cent, while the second dose rate stayed flat at 90 per cent.

The BCCDC showed that Kamloops Centre South continued to have the highest vaccination rates in the Interior, with first dose rates of 91 per cent for 12 to 17 year olds, 99 per cent for adults aged 18-49, and 94 per cent for residents aged 50 and over. Southern Okanagan had the same coverage for the 50 and over group as of Monday, Feb. 7.

Kettle Valley continues to have the lowest first dose vaccination rates in most categories. The rates for 12 to 17 year olds was recorded at 49 per cent there while 78 per cent of area residents aged 50 and over have received a jab. Enderby had the lowest vaccination rate for the 18-49 age group at 66 per cent.

Additionally, the BCCDC data shows that 80 per cent of seniors aged 70 and over in Vernon/Coldstream have received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Once again Kamloops Centre South had the highest rates for that age group at 85 per cent while Kettle Valley recorded the lowest rate at 63 per cent.

The Interior’s booster rate for those aged 70 and over was at 77 per cent, while the provincial booster rate for that age group was 79 per cent. Both those figures are unchanged from the week prior.

BCCDC’s Interior Vaccination Rates (12+) as of Feb. 7:

  • Vernon/Coldstream: 88 per cent (first dose) (+1), 85 per cent (second dose)
  • Armstrong/Spallumcheen: 80 per cent, 77 per cent
  • North Okanagan/Lumby: 81 per cent (+1), 78 percent
  • Lake Country: 86 per cent, 83 per cent
  • Central Okanagan Rural: 84 per cent, 81 per cent
  • Downtown Kelowna: 93 per cent (+1), 89 per cent
  • Glenmore: 95 per cent, 93 per cent (+1)
  • Okanagan Mission: 92 per cent, 90 per cent
  • West Kelowna: 89 per cent, 87 per cent (+1)
  • Enderby: 75 per cent, 71 per cent
  • Salmon Arm: 83 per cent, 80 per cent
  • Penticton: 90 per cent (+1), 87 per cent
  • Summerland: 89 per cent, 86 per cent
  • Merritt: 83 per cent, 79 per cent
  • Lower Thompson: 84 per cent, 81 per cent
  • Kamloops Centre North: 89 per cent , 86 per cent
  • Kamloops Centre South: 97 per cent (+1), 94 per cent
  • Princeton: 85 per cent, 81 per cent
  • Keremeos: 85 per cent (+1), 81 per cent
  • Southern Okanagan: 93 per cent (+1), 89 per cent (+1)
  • Kettle Valley: 75 per cent, 71 per cent
  • Grand Forks: 82 per cent, 79 per cent

The BCCDC data showed the first dose COVID-19 vaccine rates for children aged 12 and above in the Interior was 88 per cent Monday, while the provincial rate was 93 per cent. The second dose rate for that age group was recorded at 85 per cent in the Interior and 90 per cent in all of B.C., while the Interior’s third dose rates were 48 per cent, slightly lower than the provincial figure of 50 per cent.

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