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B.C. reports 3,223 COVID-19 cases as active cases rise past 31,000

BY Connect News, Jan 7, 2022 1:23 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

British Columbia's provincial health officer is advising businesses to put contingency plans in place to continue operating as up to one-third of their staff could be off sick with the Omicron variant of COVID-19. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 3,223 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 273,731 cases in the province.

There are 31,817 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 238,524 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 324 individuals are in hospital and 90 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

1,538 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 14,794

662 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 9,594

408 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 2,807

194 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 850

417 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 3,765

four new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: seven

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,430.

There have been 16 new health-care facility outbreaks at Eagle Ridge Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, George Derby Centre, White Rock Seniors Village, CareLife Fleetwood, Evergreen Baptist Care Society, Hilton Villa Seniors Community, Kinsmen Lodge, Kiwanis Care Centre (Fraser Health), St. Vincent’s Langara (Vancouver Coastal Health), Aberdeen Hospital, Eden Gardens, Glenwarren Lodge, Kiwanis Village Lodge, Selkirk Seniors Village and Clover Point Care (Island Health), for a total of 37 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.5% of cases. From Dec. 22 to Jan. 4, they accounted for 41.1% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 29 to Jan. 4) - Total 23,282

Not vaccinated: 3,286 (14.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 548 (2.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 19,448 (83.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 22 to Jan. 4) - Total 333

Not vaccinated: 125 (37.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 12 (3.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 196 (58.9%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 29 to Jan. 4)

Not vaccinated: 487.9

Partially vaccinated: 191.7

Fully vaccinated: 423.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 22 to Jan. 4)

Not vaccinated: 29.5

Partially vaccinated: 9.0

Fully vaccinated: 4.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 9,552,369 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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