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B.C. reports 326 new COVID-19 cases and 1 death

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

B.C. is reporting 326 new cases of COVID-19, including nine new epi-linked cases, for a total of 220,856 cases in the province.

There are 2,814 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 215,577 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 242 individuals are in hospital and 82 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 24 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,363.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of five facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Nov. 29-Dec. 5, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 58.7% of cases.

From Nov. 22-Dec. 5, they accounted for 63.1% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 29 to Dec. 5) – Total 2,423

Not vaccinated: 1,326 (54.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 97 (4.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,000 (41.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 22 to Dec. 5) – Total 182

Not vaccinated: 108 (59.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 7 (3.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 67 (36.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 29 to Dec. 5)

Not vaccinated: 170.9

Partially vaccinated: 46.8

Fully vaccinated: 22.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 22 to Dec. 5)

Not vaccinated: 23.3

Partially vaccinated: 5.2

Fully vaccinated: 1.5

Province has administered 8,832,580 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

85.6% (4,267,612) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82% (4,088,609) have received their second dose.

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