2021-08-13 BC – Pandemic in British Columbia

Mitigation Measures

It is unclear if BC Ferries passengers’ will need to be vaccinated as part of the federal mandate that various types of passengers need to be vaccinated.

Vaccines

It’s Friday, so there’s an update on vaccinations by age, with data through 7 August:

Treatment

This article warns of staffing shortages, especially among nurses.

Statistics

+717 cases, +0 deaths, +4,219 first doses, +18,605 second doses.

Currently 82 in hospital / 39 in ICU, 4,277 active cases, 148,964 recovered.

	first doses	second doses
of adults	83.2%	73.6%
of over-12s	82.4%	72.0%
of all BCers	75.0%	65.5%

We have 579,080 doses in fridges; we’ll use it up in 23.7 days at last week’s rate. We’ve given more doses than we’d received by 18 days ago.

We have 535,096 mRNA doses in fridges; we’ll use it up in 21.9 days at last week’s rate. We’ve given more mRNA doses than we’d received by 18 days ago.

94.4% of people who had gotten their first dose by 7 weeks ago have gotten their second dose.

90.4% of people who had gotten their first dose by 4 weeks ago have gotten their second dose.

87.3% of people who have ever gotten a first dose have gotten their second dose.