B.C. is reporting 2,046 new cases of COVID-19, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 233,217 cases in the province.
In the last 24 hours, one new death (Island Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,410.
As of Thursday, 87.7% (4,372,428) of eligible people five and older in B.C. had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.7% (4,124,437) had received their second dose.
In addition, 91.8% (4,255,333) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89% (4,124,353) have received their second dose and 17% (785,505) have received a third dose.
Also, 92.2% (3,986,940) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.5% (3,869,327) received their second dose and 18% (784,714) have received a third dose.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 9,248,433 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
From December 15-21, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 24.8% of cases and from December 8-21 they accounted for 68.6% of hospitalizations.
There are currently 8,739 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 221,872 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 195 individuals are currently in hospital and 75 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 741 new cases in Fraser Health
– Total active cases: 2,825
* 880 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
– Total active cases: 3,729
* 123 new cases in Interior Health
– Total active cases: 699
* 53 new cases in Northern Health
– Total active cases: 217
* 248 new cases in Island Health
– Total active cases: 1,267
* one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
– Total active cases: two
There have been 975 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:
* Fraser Health: 221
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 496
* Interior Health: 19
* Northern Health: four
* Island Health: 235
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. There is one active outbreak in:
* acute care:
– Lions Gate Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health)
