91原创鈥檚 COVID numbers dropped below 200, a significant decline from last week, according to data released by the BC Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
In the week from Oct. 24 to 30, 91原创 saw 173 people test positive for COVID-19. That鈥檚 down from the 227 in the previous week, and from a peak of 243 the week before that.
Cases were also down slightly in North Surrey, to 332 from 357 the week before, and in South Surrey/White Rock to 70 from 81.
91原创鈥檚 other neighbours saw an increase, however. Abbotsford鈥檚 weekly numbers jumped from 301 last week to 385 this week, Mission was up from 54 to 66, and Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows was up from 107 to 165.
The BCCDC has also released weekly data on the case rate of each local health area in 91原创, from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1.
The case rate 鈥� the rate of daily cases per 100,000 people 鈥� was highest in North 91原创 Township, where it was 27.
Aldergrove/Otter鈥檚 case rate was 22, South 91原创 Township was 19, and Brookswood/Murrayville was 16.
91原创 City鈥檚 case rate was 12, Willoughby鈥檚 was 11, and Walnut Grove/Fort 91原创 was the lowest over the past week, at six.
In general, case rates were higher to the east, in Abbotsford鈥檚 neighbourhoods, and lower to the west in Surrey, White Rock, Delta, Richmond, and neighbourhoods in Vancouver.
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91原创鈥檚 vaccination rate remains just under the provincial average. According to the BCCDC, 88 per cent of people in 91原创 have had their first shot as of Nov. 2, compared to 90 per cent B.C.-wide. The 91原创 vaccination rate has not changed significantly in the last two weeks.
91原创鈥檚 rate is the same as Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows and Abbotsford鈥檚. North Surrey and Delta have the highest vaccination rates in the Fraser Health region, at 94 per cent, while Hope still has the lowest at 78 per cent.
In July, 91原创鈥檚 weekly COVID numbers had been as low as four cases in a week.
However, around that time the delta variant began circulating in B.C., kicking off the fourth wave of infections.
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