Interior Health records another 242 COVID-19 cases

Aug 31, 2021 | 3:34 PM

The active COVID-19 case count for Interior Health rose to 2,495 Tuesday as 242 new cases were confirmed in the health region.

The new cases were part of 655 recorded province-wide on August 31, bringing the provincial active case count up to 6,045. The daily total is up from the 503 on Monday and the 581 on Sunday.

Two deaths, both within the Island Health authority, were recorded Tuesday, bringing the provincial COVID death toll up to 1,816.

The province also reports that there are now 183 British Columbians in hospital due to COVID-19 complications, 103 of whom are in intensive care.

Another COVID-19 outbreak was identified in the Interior at the Kamloops Seniors Village. There are now 19 health facility outbreaks in B.C., 13 of which are located in the Interior Health region.

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Village at Mill Creek – second floor (Kelowna): two residents, two staff
Cottonwoods Care Centre (Kelowna): 19 residents, 11 staff, six deaths
Spring Valley Care Centre (Kelowna): seven residents, one staff, one death
Hawthorn Park (Kelowna): one resident, four staff
David Lloyd Jones (Kelowna): 40 residents, 14 staff, six deaths
Sun Pointe Village (Kelowna): five residents
Brookhaven Care Centre (West Kelowna): 10 residents, 20 staff, two deaths
Kamloops Seniors Village (Kamloops): three residents, two staff
Nelson Jubilee Manor (Nelson): two residents, three staff, two deaths
Kootenay Street Village (Cranbrook): one resident, two staff
Nicola Meadows (Merritt): four residents, three staff, one death
Hardy View Lodge (Grand Forks): one resident, one staff
Rose Woods Village (Trail): two residents

The provincial first dose vaccination rate for British Columbians aged 12 and over rose to 84.3 per cent on Tuesday, while the second dose rate for eligible recipients climbed to 76.5 per cent.

The province has also announced that between August 23 and 29 there were 4,698 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 3,285, or 69.9 per cent, were in the unvaccinated population, 485, or 10.3 per cent of those cases, were found in people with one dose, and the remaining 19.8 per cent, or 928 individuals, had received both jabs.

The province also noted that between August 16 and 29 there were 186 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. Of those cases, 80.6, or 150, were unvaccinated individuals, 15, or 8.1 per cent, were people who had received just one shot, while 11.3 per cent, or 21, were fully vaccinated.

by Liam Verster

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