Richmond’s COVID-19 new cases took a dip this week (Nov. 14-20), falling to 27 from 46 last week, according to data released by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
And cases – per 100,000 residents - across Richmond’s neighbourhoods are evenly spread out with a high of four in Blundell and a low of one in the East-West Cambie/Bridgeport area.
The province reported Thursday 424 new cases across B.C. in the previous 24 hours.
Vaccination rates in the province are 87.5 per cent for those 12 years and older who are double-vaccinated.
Richmond’s vaccination rates (12 and older who’ve received two doses) range from 87 per cent in Thompson/Seafair to 93 per cent in City Centre.
The province is rolling out vaccines for children aged five to 11 as the Richmond Board of Education announced this week it wouldn’t mandate vaccines for teachers and other school staff.
Board chair Sandra Nixon said one reason they decided not to mandate vaccines – unlike the City of Richmond that will put unvaccinated staff on unpaid leave on Dec. 22 – is because the communities where their staff live have high rates of vaccination.
Nixon told the Richmond News there have only been four known COVID-19 transmissions in schools this school year, and these have all been from student to student – none have been transmissions between adults and students nor between adults.
