B.C. is reporting 3,798 new cases of COVID-19, including 11 epi-linked cases, for a total of 270,508 cases in the province.
In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,427.
As of Wednesday, 88.3% (4,402,649) of eligible people five and older in B.C. had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 83.0% (4,138,255) had received their second dose.
In addition, 92% (4,266,177) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.3% (4,138,007) have received their second dose and 21.5% (998,164) have received a third dose.
Also, 92.4% (3,996,885) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.7% (3,881,820) have received their second dose and 23.1% (997,224) have received a third dose.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 9,502,325 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
From December 28 to January 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.2% of cases, and from December 21 to January 3, they accounted for 51.4% of hospitalizations.
There are 29,967 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 237,195 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 317 individuals are in hospital and 83 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 1,739 new cases in Fraser Health
– Total active cases: 13,920
* 840 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
– Total active cases: 9,100
* 473 new cases in Interior Health
– Total active cases: 2,563
* 179 new cases in Northern Health
– Total active cases: 750
* 566 new cases in Island Health
– Total active cases: 3,631
* one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
– Total active cases: three
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Lions Gate Hospital, Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre and UBC Hospital – Detwiller Pavillion (Vancouver Coastal Health) have been declared over.
There are a total of 21 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
– The Oxford Senior Care Home, Fort Langley Seniors Community, AgeCare Harmony Court, New Vista Care Centre, Chartwell Langley Gardens, Chartwell Carlton Gardens, Chartwell Crescent Gardens, Guildford Seniors Village, The Residence in Mission, Czorny Alzheimer Centre, and Hawthorne Lodge (Fraser Health);
– Kopernik Lodge, Fraserview Retirement Community, and Lakeview Care Centre (Vancouver Coastal Health);
– Ridgeview Lodge,and Mount Cartier Court (Interior Health); and
* Amica Douglas House (Island Health)
* acute care:
– Mission Memorial Hospital, and Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health); and
– Victoria General Hospital (Island Health)
* assisted or independent living:
– The Waverly Seniors Village (Fraser Health)
