OVER a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 6,288 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 241,946 cases in the province:

* December 24-25: 2,552 new cases

* December 25-26: 2,023 new cases

* December 26-27: 1,713 new cases

(Note: case counts provided on Monday, December 27 are preliminary.)

The new cases include:

* 3,181 new cases in Fraser Health

* 1,482 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

* 713 new cases in Interior Health

* 174 new cases in Northern Health

* 737 new cases in Island Health

* one new case in person who resides outside of Canada

(Note: The Ministry of Health will return to regular reporting of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations, hospitalizations and deaths, and cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status on Wednesday, December 29.)