Victoria, BC (WNews Vancouver) – The province has recorded a another record with 2,046 new cases in the past 24 hours. This surpasses the worst case scenario that the province modelled last week.
The province modelled that over 2,000 per day by December 29.
There are currently 8,739 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 221,872 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 195 individuals (up from 187 from Yesterday Update) are currently in hospital and 75 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
- 741 new cases in Fraser Health
- Total active cases: 2,825
- 880 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
- Total active cases: 3,729
- 123 new cases in Interior Health
- Total active cases: 699
- 53 new cases in Northern Health
- Total active cases: 217
- 248 new cases in Island Health
- Total active cases: 1,267
- one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
- Total active cases: two
In the last 24 hours, one new death (Island Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,410.
There have been 975 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:
- Fraser Health: 221
- Vancouver Coastal Health: 496
- Interior Health: 19
- Northern Health: four
- Island Health: 235
No new healthcare outbreak has been reported.
In the past week, fully vaccinated has accounted for 75.2% of cases, while not vaccinated has accounted for just 23.5% of new cases. Partially vaccinated accounted at 1.3% of new cases.
Past week cases (Dec. 15-21) – Total 6,879
- Not vaccinated: 1,620 (23.5%)
- Partially vaccinated: 86 (1.3%)
- Fully vaccinated: 5,173 (75.2%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 8-21) – Total 175
- Not vaccinated: 116 (66.3%)
- Partially vaccinated: 4 (2.3%)
- Fully vaccinated: 55 (31.4%)
Dr. Bonnie Henry scheduled a press conference for Christmas Eve at 10 am