COVID-19 update: B.C. records 1,986 cases, 10 deaths over the weekend
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Nearly 2,000 cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in B.C. over the weekend, according to the latest update, and 10 people died of the disease in the same period.
Another 1,986 cases of COVID-19 and 10 related deaths were recorded in British Columbia over the weekend, the government revealed Monday as the province's expanded school mask mandate came into effect.
The update, provided in a written statement from the Ministry of Health, put the province's seven-day average for new infections at 702 per day, down from 738 on Friday.
The seven-day average for coronavirus-related deaths dropped to 6.14 per day, down from a seven-month high of 7.29 on Friday.
The number of infectious COVID-19 patients in hospital decreased slightly to 326, while the number in intensive care increased slightly to 142. The number of patients who were hospitalized for the coronavirus but are no longer considered infectious is only released once per week in B.C.
Once again, the numbers show the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated continue to make up the vast majority of cases and hospitalizations in the province, according to the ministry.
Just under 65 per cent of infections recorded from Sept. 24 to 30 involved people who hadn't received a single dose of vaccine, a group that represents about 20 per cent of the province.
The unvaccinated caught COVID-19 at a rate of 295.7 per 100,000 population during that period after adjusting for age, the ministry said, compared to 35.8 per 100,000 among the fully vaccinated.
