Victoria, BC (WNew Vancouver) – BC has broken another COVID19 record with 1,474 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. That brings the total cases of COVID19 in the province to 231,117 cases since January 2020. ICU and hospitalizations are trending downwards.

There are 7,253 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 221,280 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 187 individuals (down 5 from 192 since Tuesday) are in hospital and 71 (down 5 from 76 since Tuesday) are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The province has reported 6 new deaths reported in the past 24 hours. The province will provide an update on the number of Omicron in Thursday’s update. There have been no new healthcare facility outbreaks. The 1 current outbreak is at Lions Gate Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health).

In the past week, fully vaccinated accounted for 71.7% (up 2.7% since Tuesday’s Update) of new cases, while not vaccinated accounted for 27% (down 2.4) of new cases. Partially vaccinated accounted for just 1.3% (no change) of the new cases. From Dec. 7-20, not fully vaccinated accounted for 70.5% (down 1.2% since Tuesday’s update) of hospitalizations.

The Province has administered 9,219,326 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines since December 2020.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 Stats

Past week cases (Dec. 14-20) – Total 5,944

• Not vaccinated: 1,602 (27.0%)
• Partially vaccinated: 78 (1.3%)
• Fully vaccinated: 4,264 (71.7%)

The new/active cases include:

• 435 new cases in Fraser Health
  • Total active cases: 2,277
• 711 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Total active cases: 2,952
• 113 new cases in Interior Health
  • Total active cases: 683
• 39 new cases in Northern Health
  • Total active cases: 195
• 176 new cases in Island Health
  • Total active cases: 1,146
• no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  • Total active cases: zero

In the last 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,409.

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 7-20) – Total 183

• Not vaccinated: 122 (66.7%)
• Partially vaccinated: 7 (3.8%)
• Fully vaccinated: 54 (29.5%)

The new deaths include:

• Fraser Health: three
• Northern Health: one
• Island Health: two

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 14-20)    

• Not vaccinated: 226
• Partially vaccinated: 38.3
• Fully vaccinated: 93.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 7-20)

• Not vaccinated: 28.1
• Partially vaccinated: 6
• Fully vaccinated: 1.2