The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in Richmond are on an upward trend, even while all neighbourhoods have high vaccination rates.
Neighbourhood-level data from the BCCDC shows 71 cases in Richmond from Dec. 7 to 13, with 15 cases in City Centre, 14 in Broadmoor, 13 in Steveston and 12 in the Gilmore/Shellmont/East/Hamilton area.
This is up slightly from the week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 when there were 65 new cases, and up significantly from the 35 reported the previous week.
Health authorities recently started vaccinating children aged five to 11 and it seems like Steveston residents have jumped the fastest onto this bandwagon – as of Monday, 39 per cent of Steveston children in this age category had received their first dose.
In other Richmond neighbourhoods this ranges from 19 per cent in Blundell to 23 per cent in Thompson/Seafair.
As for those aged 12 and older who have two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Richmond rates range from 94 per cent in City Centre to 87 per cent in Broadmoor and Blundell.
Richmond’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic has been moved to the Pacific Autism Family Network at 3688 Cessna Dr. – the River Rock Casino clinic closed on Dec. 9.
To find out how to register for a vaccination, click here.
The COVID-19 testing site at the entrance to YVR — at the JetSet parking lot — remains open for drive-through from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
