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B.C. reports 2,239 COVID-19 cases as active cases rise past 36,000

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B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 2,239 new cases of COVID-19, including nine epi-linked cases, for a total of 286,080 cases in the province.

There are 36,087 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 244,551 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 469 individuals are in hospital and 97 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

807 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 15,988

383 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 10,334

318 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 4,295

167 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 1,136

562 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 4,330

two new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: four

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,449.

There have been four new health-care facility outbreaks at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Glenwood Seniors Community (Fraser Health), Saanich Peninsula Hospital - Long Term Care, and Oyster Harbour (Island Health). The outbreaks at Mission Memorial Hospital and Hawthorne Lodge (Fraser Health) have been declared over, for a total of 45 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Jan. 3-9, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.4% of cases. From Dec. 27 to Jan. 9, they accounted for 35.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Jan. 3-9) - Total 19,206

Not vaccinated: 3,125 (16.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 597 (3.1%)

Fully vaccinated: 15,484 (80.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 27 to Jan. 9) - Total 422

Not vaccinated: 135 (32.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 272 (64.4%)

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

Not vaccinated: 462.5

Partially vaccinated: 195.4

Fully vaccinated: 336.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 27 to Jan. 9)

Not vaccinated: 33.1

Partially vaccinated: 11.7

Fully vaccinated: 5.8

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 9,775,058 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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