B.C. health officials are reporting 609 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today along with six more deaths.

Fraser Health led the way with another 257 new cases and five deaths with 2,043 active cases. There were another 126 new cases and one death in Northern Health (804 active), with 92 cases in Interior Health (642 active), 79 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (676 active), and 55 new cases in Island Health (524 active).

There were no new cases in people who live outside of Canada with 59 such cases active.

Across B.C. there are 4,748 active cases of the virus, a decrease of 81 from yesterday, with 422 contagious people in hospital, up by 32 because of a data correction in Interior Health. The number of people in ICU with COVID-19 is at 157, up by two.

“As of Oct. 26, Interior Health has changed the primary source of COVID-19 hospitalization surveillance data. This change in data source will lead to a one-time increase in the number of ever and currently reported COVID-19 hospitalizations,” the province said, in a statement.

“This change is retrospective to the beginning of the pandemic though primarily affects cases reported since Aug. 2021.”

The provincial COVID-19 death toll is at 2,137 people.

There are now 89.7 per cent (4,157,816) of eligible people over the age of 12 who have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 84.7per cent (3,925,937) are fully vaccinated. That is an increase of 2,635 first doses and 7,552 second doses since Tuesday.

Data from the province also shows that between Oct. 19 and 25, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 64.1 per cent of cases, while from Oct. 12 to 25 they accounted for 74.9 per cent of hospitalizations.