B.C. reports 2,550 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 2,550 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 228,335 cases in the province:

Dec. 17-18: 911 new cases

Dec. 18-19: 832 new cases

Dec. 19-20: 807 new cases

There are 5,435 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 220,348 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 185 individuals are in hospital and 77 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 72 hours, three new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,402.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: one

Northern Health: one

Island Health: one

Note: The update on cases of the Omicron variant of concern will be provided in tomorrow's COVID-19 pandemic update.

From Dec. 10-16, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 39.4% of cases.

From Dec. 3-16, they accounted for 71.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 10-16) – Total 3,721

Not vaccinated: 1,397 (37.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 69 (1.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 2,255 (60.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 3-16) – Total 154

Not vaccinated: 104 (67.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 6 (3.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 44 (28.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 10-16)

Not vaccinated: 190.7

Partially vaccinated: 34.3

Fully vaccinated: 49.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 3-16)

Not vaccinated: 23.8

Partially vaccinated: 4.9

Fully vaccinated: 1.0

Province has administered 9,165,398 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.