B.C. is reporting 584 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 224,245 cases in the province.

There are 3,458 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 218,295 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 193 individuals are in hospital and 77 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,393.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: two

Northern Health: three

Island Health: two

Past week cases (Dec. 7-13) – Total 2,781

Not vaccinated: 1,295 (46.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 65 (2.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,421 (51.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 30 to Dec. 13) – Total 150

Not vaccinated: 100 (66.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 8 (5.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 42 (28.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 7-13)

Not vaccinated: 172.4

Partially vaccinated: 34.3

Fully vaccinated: 31.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 30 to Dec. 13)

Not vaccinated: 22.0

Partially vaccinated: 6.7

Fully vaccinated: 0.9

Province has administered 9,032,599 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

86.7% (4,322,280) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.4% (4,107,920) have received a second dose.