B.C. reports 1,129 COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,129 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 223,142 cases in the province:

Dec. 10-11: 415 new cases

Dec. 11-12: 365 new cases

Dec. 12-13: 349 new cases

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are currently 2,949 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 217,705 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 185 individuals are currently in hospital and 72 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 72 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,386.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Northern Health: one

Island Health: one

From Dec. 3-9, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 54.9% of cases and from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9, they accounted for 67.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 3-9) – Total 2,429

Not vaccinated: 1,262 (52%)

Partially vaccinated: 71 (2.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,096 (45.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 26 to Dec. 9) – Total 162

Not vaccinated: 102 (63.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 8 (4.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 52 (32.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 3-9)

Not vaccinated: 161.3

Partially vaccinated: 35.8

Fully vaccinated: 24.3

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 26 to Dec. 9)

Not vaccinated: 21.8

Partially vaccinated: 6.3

Fully vaccinated: 1.1

Province has administered 8,972,851 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

86.5% (4,310,875) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.3% (4,102,917) have received their second dose.