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Dec 31, 2021 6:47 PM - Connect News

B.C. reports six new health care outbreaks as active cases rise past 17,000

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

B.C. is reporting 4,383 new cases of COVID-19, including 21 epi-linked cases, for a total of 251,054 cases in the province.

There are 17,357 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 230,784 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 211 individuals are in hospital and 66 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

2,319 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 7,940

977 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 6,424

501 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 1,713

122 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 422

460 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 856

four new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: two

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Interior Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,420.

There have been 2,825 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:

Fraser Health: 777

Vancouver Coastal Health: 1,333

Interior Health: 152

Northern Health: 13

Island Health: 548

Unknown: two

There have been six new health-care facility outbreaks at Mission Memorial Hospital, New Vista Care Centre, Chartwell Langley Gardens, Chartwell Carlton Gardens, Chartwell Crescent Gardens and Guildford Seniors Village (Fraser Health), for a total of 13 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

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