One portion of the Tri-Cities is making progress in the race to higher immunization rates.
In the latest surveillance data from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), the Port Moody-Anmore-Belcarra region reached a 77% rate of vaccines administered to eligible residents aged 12 years and older between May 28 and June 3.
It’s one of five across Fraser Health to now reach the 75% threshold alongside Pitt Meadows, New Westminster, Delta and White Rock — in fact, it boasts the second-highest rate behind Delta-Ladner at 79%.
On May 27, Fraser Health supported the idea of the Mayor’s Immunization Challenge as communities within the authority to see which one could reach an 80% vaccination rate the fastest.
The purpose is to also encourage residents to register for a vaccine in order to meet the province’s restart guide between now and September in hopes of returning to normal activities by the fall.
Every Tri-City community reached the 70% mark on June 2, averaging a 71.5% immunization rate and today, that average is now up to 74.5%.
The region also posted an average week-to-week case rate of 4.6, down from 5.2 in the previous data from May 25 to 31.
🔺Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam are racing to 75% with both communities almost at the finish line.
— Fraser Health (@Fraserhealth) June 7, 2021
The broken data — between May 28 and June 3 — in the five neighbourhoods are as follows:
North Coquitlam
- Four cases
- 3% positivity rate
- 73% of 12+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 76% of 18+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 81% of 50+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
Southwest Coquitlam
- Five cases
- 4% positivity rate
- 74% of 12+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 77% of 18+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 83% of 50+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
Southeast Coquitlam
- Seven cases
- 3% positivity rate
- 74% of 12+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 76% of 18+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 83% of 50+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
Port Coquitlam
- Five cases
- 4% positivity rate
- 74% of 12+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 75% of 18+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 84% of 50+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
Port Moody-Anmore-Belcarra
- Two cases
- 2% positivity rate
- 77% of 12+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 80% of 18+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
- 85% of 50+ population vaccinated with at least one dose
As of this publication (June 8), Fraser Health has recorded 84,868 lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections.
There have been 907 virus-linked deaths in the regional authority since the start of the pandemic.
Currently, there are 992 active cases, 32 people admitted into critical care among 102 hospitalizations and 82,930 recoveries.
There are also no new workplace closures to COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities, according to Fraser Health, and all previous exposure alerts have been lifted.
