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B.C. reports 379 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths

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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 379 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 221,235 cases in the province.

There are 2,874 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 215,884 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 224 individuals are currently in hospital and 77 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,369.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: two

Northern Health: one

Island Health: three

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

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 59.0% of cases.

From Nov. 23 to Dec. 6, they accounted for 67.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Nov. 30 to Dec. 6) – Total 2,429

Not vaccinated: 1,344 (55.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 90 (3.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 995 (41.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 23 to Dec. 6) – Total 197

Not vaccinated: 127 (64.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 6 (3.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 64 (32.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 30 to Dec. 6)

Not vaccinated: 170.5

Partially vaccinated: 42.7

Fully vaccinated: 22.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 23 to Dec. 6)

Not vaccinated: 27.6

Partially vaccinated: 4.3

Fully vaccinated: 1.4

Province has administered 8,859,240 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

85.8% (4,274,610) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.1% (4,091,486) have received their second dose.

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