Over 9 million COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in B.C.

B.C. is reporting 519 new cases of COVID-19, including eight epi-linked cases, for a total of 223,661 cases in the province.

There are 3,171 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 218,001 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 191 individuals are in hospital and 81 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,386.

There have been 44 cases of the Omicron variant of concern identified in B.C.:

Fraser Health: 24

Vancouver Coastal Health: 11

Interior Health: three

Northern Health: one

Island Health: five

Province has administered 9,001,045 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

86.6% (4,316,478) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.4% (4,105,425) have received their second dose.