91原创鈥檚 COVID-19 cases rose sharply again for the third week in a row, according to data released Wednesday by the BC Centre for Disease Control.
In the week from July 25 to 31, 91原创 had 37 new confirmed COVID cases. That鈥檚 more than double last week鈥檚 total of 16 cases.
It鈥檚 been a rapid change from mid-July, when 91原创 had just four cases in a week and several neighbourhoods showed no transmission at all.
The rapidly-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus has caused cases to spike across B.C. despite the fact that more than 73 per cent of all residents in B.C. have received their first shot, and more than 60 per cent have received their second shot and are fully vaccinated.
In 91原创, every neighbourhood saw COVID cases in the week measured from July 27 to Aug. 2.
The case rate 鈥� the number of cases per 100,000 people 鈥� was highest in Walnut Grove/Fort 91原创 at six. South 91原创 Township and 91原创 City had a case rate of four, Aldergrove/Otter, Brookswood/Murrayville, and North 91原创 Township had a case rate of three, and Willoughby had a case rate of two.
When it comes to vaccination progress, 91原创 is about in the middle of the pack in the Fraser Health region, and is trailing behind several of its neighbours.
In 91原创, according to BCCDC data, 80 per cent of eligible residents have received their first shots, and 69 per cent of locals have received their second dose.
Surrey, Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area are all well ahead of 91原创 in terms of first doses, with residents there achieving rates of between 84 per cent and 88 per cent for first doses.
The Central Okanagan remains the hot spot for B.C., with 450 cases over the same period 91原创 saw 37, but new COVID cases are popping up in areas that had none earlier in July, or increasing in number in areas that had just a few.
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