Lower vaccination rates in B.C. Interior allowing Omicron to linger, says Henry – GLOBAL

February 24, 2022

Most health authorities in B.C. are seeing the number of COVID-19 cases plummet rapidly but Interior Health is on a slightly different trajectory.

On Wednesday, provincial health officials said that of the 799 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 280 were in the Interior Health region, compared to 109 in Fraser Health and 52 in Vancouver Coastal, both of which are significantly more populous. Limits on testing have rendered daily case counts an unreliable measure of the virus’s spread but the proportions do offer some insight.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said that the Interior, like the rest of the province, has turned a corner when it comes to infections but there are a couple of factors that have kept Omicron lingering longer. One, she said, is a matter of timing, but another is a lower rate of vaccination.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/8643477/b-c-interior-covid-19-vaccination-omicron/