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Here is your daily update with everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus situation in British Columbia for November 25, 2021.

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Here we’ll provide summaries of what’s happening in British Columbia so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they occur.

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BC COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS

According to the latest figures given on November 24:

• Total number of confirmed cases: 216,334 (3,047 active)
• New cases since November 23: 322
• Total number of deaths: 2,313 (nine additional deaths)
• Hospitalized cases: 318
• Intensive care: 109
• Total vaccinations: 4,216,384 received the first dose; 4,053,088 second doses
• Healing of an acute infection: 210,828
• Currently affected long-term care and assisted-living homes and acute care facilities: 10

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IN DEPTH : Here are all of the cases of the novel coronavirus in British Columbia in 2021 | in 2020

GUIDES AND LINKS BC

• COVID-19: here’s everything you need to know about the new coronavirus

• COVID-19: British Columbia’s vaccine passport is here and here’s how it works

• COVID-19: Here’s how to get vaccinated in British Columbia

• COVID-19: Find your neighborhood on our interactive map of case and vaccination rates in British Columbia

• COVID-19: Afraid of needles? Here’s how to overcome your fear and get vaccinated

• COVID-19: Five things to know about the spread of P1 variant in British Columbia

• COVID-19: Here’s where to get tested in Metro Vancouver

• British Columbia COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool

LATEST NEWS on COVID-19 in British Columbia

Update Thursday, November 25

British Columbia is reporting 424 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of active cases in the province to 3,061.

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Among the active cases, it indicates that 295 people are hospitalized and 112 in intensive care.

In the past two weeks, the province says 301 people have been hospitalized with the virus, and about 62% of them were not vaccinated, 6% were partially vaccinated and about 32% were fully vaccinated.

Health officials say there have been three new deaths, bringing the total death toll in British Columbia to 2,316.

They say the number of vaccines is slowly increasing, with 91% of eligible people over the age of 12 having received their first dose of a vaccine and 87.5% of eligible people having received a second injection.

Two new outbreaks in healthcare facilities were reported for a total of 10 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

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Canadian press

Scientists detect new variant in South Africa with ‘very unusual’ mutations

Scientists in South Africa are studying a worrying variant of the newly identified coronavirus, fueling fears the country faces a potentially serious fourth wave that could spread globally.

The new variant, called B.1.1529 until a Greek letter is assigned, exhibits a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, which are of concern as they could help it evade the body’s immune response and cause it to break down. make it more communicable, scientists told reporters in a news report. conference

B.1.1.529 is “clearly very different” from previous incarnations, Tulio de Oliveira, a bioinformatics professor who heads genetic sequencing institutions at two South African universities, said in a briefing Thursday.

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“Here is a very worrying mutation variant,” Health Minister Joe Phaahla said at the same media event. “We were hoping we could have a longer break between waves – maybe it would be in late December or even next year in January.”

Virologists have detected nearly 100 cases linked to the variant in the country so far, said Anne von Gottberg, clinical microbiologist and head of respiratory diseases at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.

In Botswana, neighboring South Africa, the new variant has been detected in vaccinated people, Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the Presidential Covid-19 Task Force, said in a statement.

—Bloomberg News

British Columbia’s COVID-19 crisis fades

The British Columbia Ministry of Health announced more good news on the COVID-19 front on Wednesday.

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While nine people have died from the disease in the past day (five at Northern Health), the seven-day average number of cases continues to decline. Active cases are also declining, as are the number of people hospitalized and in intensive care and the number of active outbreaks in health facilities.

There have been 322 new cases reported and there are now 3,015 active cases. Among the active cases, 322 are treated in hospital, including 109 in intensive care. There are 10 active outbreaks in health facilities.

The number of vaccinations is slowing down, with 4,564 doses given in the last day (including 2,954 of the second doses needed). That will change next Monday when British Columbia begins immunizing children between the ages of five and 11.

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COVID-19 vaccinations for B.C. children ages 5 to 11 begin Monday

More than 350,000 children aged five to 11 in British Columbia will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in a program that begins across the province on Monday. Family-friendly spaces will be created in clinics with vaccinators experienced in dealing with children’s fears about vaccination and needles.

Provincial health official Dr. Bonnie Henry said Pfizer’s new two-dose vaccine for young children, approved by Health Canada last Friday, is an important step in the fight against COVID-19.

“The pediatric COVID-19 vaccine directly protects children and will mean less disruption to activities that are important to them, such as school, sports and social events,” said Henry.

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—Lisa Cordasco

Germany’s COVID-19 deaths exceed 100,000 as fourth wave sets in

Germany crossed the grim threshold of 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday, with an increase in new infections posing a challenge for the new government.

Since the start of the pandemic, 100,119 people have died from the virus in Germany, data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed. The number of new daily cases reached a new high of 75,961.

Hospitals in some areas, especially in eastern and southern Germany, are under pressure and virologists have warned many more people could die.

The director of the Robert Koch Institute estimated the death rate at around 0.8%, which means that with a daily number of cases of around 50,000, some 400 people a day will eventually die.

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Germany’s new tripartite government, which announced its coalition agreement on Wednesday, said it would create a team of experts to assess the situation daily.

—Reuters

BC MAP OF WEEKLY COVID CASES, VACCINATION RATE

Find out how your neighborhood is doing in the fight against COVID-19 with the latest number of new cases, positivity rates and vaccination rates:

BC VACCINE MONITORING

LOCAL RESOURCES for COVID-19 information

Here is a number of information and landing pages for COVID-19 from various health and government agencies.

• British Columbia COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool

• Vancouver Coastal Health – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Information

• HealthLink BC – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Page

• British Columbia Center for Disease Control – Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): outbreak update

• World Health Organization – Outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

–With files from The Canadian Press