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Numbers of new COVID cases on the North Shore have dropped in the past week.
There were 67 new cases of COVID-19 on the North Shore in the past week – 10 fewer than the week before.
Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 23 there were 50 cases in North Vancouver and 17 in West Vancouver, according to information released by B.C.’s Centre for Disease Control.
Data from the B.C. CDC shows there has recently been slightly higher rate of cases in the westn and central part of the District of North Vancouver, and in the western part of the City of North Vancouver. Rates there show between six and eight new daily cases per 100,000 people. Rates are lower in West Vancouver, and lowest in the eastern part of the District of North Vancouver.
Rates of vaccination on the North Shore are still inching up, at about one per cent per week, with between 90 and 94 per cent of people over 12 having received one dose and between 86 and 91 per cent of those fully vaccinated as of Oct. 19.
Between 86 and 90 per cent of teens between 12 and 17 are fully vaccinated on the North Shore while between 83 and 91 per cent of adults between 18 and 49 have received both shots. Rates of vaccination remain highest in adults over 50 with between 89 and 91 per cent fully vaccinated.
In the past two weeks, there have been two outbreaks of COVID-19 declared in North Vancouver - one at Amica's Lions Gate seniors' home in West Vancouver and one at Amica's Edgemont seniors' home.
Provincially, 609 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday. A total of 422 people were in hospital with COVID, while 157 people were in intensive care.
In the past week, about 75 per cent of hospitalizations in the province were among people not vaccinated.
There continue to be far higher rates of COVID in the Northern health region.
