BC’s daily COVID-19 cases count record smashed again with 4,383

The province is reporting 4,383 new cases of COVID-19, once again smashing the record for daily cases.

Today’s (Thursday) new cases brings the active total in the province to 17,357. In addition, 211 people are in hospital, 66 of them are in intensive care.

Of today’s new cases, 122 were in Northern Health, bringing the region to 422 active cases.

To date, there have been 2,825 cases of the Omicron variant confirmed in BC, including 13 in Northern Health.

One new death in the province has also been reported.

As of today, 91.9% of eligible people 12 and older in BC have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 89.1% have received a second, and 19.1% have received a third.

The new/active cases include:

• 2,319 new cases in Fraser Health
  Total active cases: 7,940
• 977 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  Total active cases: 6,424
• 501 new cases in Interior Health
  Total active cases: 1,713
• 122 new cases in Northern Health
  Total active cases: 422
• 460 new cases in Island Health
  Total active cases: 856
• four new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  Total active cases: two

Note: Active cases exclude those who have died, discontinued isolation or been lost to followup.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Interior Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,420.

There have been 2,825 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:

• Fraser Health: 777
• Vancouver Coastal Health: 1,333
• Interior Health: 152
• Northern Health: 13
• Island Health: 548
• Unknown: two

From Dec. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 15.8% of cases.
From Dec. 15-28, they accounted for 54.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 22-28) – Total 15,429

• Not vaccinated: 2,185 (14.2%)
• Partially vaccinated: 249 (1.6%)
• Fully vaccinated: 12,995 (84.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 15-28) – Total 117

• Not vaccinated: 64 (54.7%)
• Partially vaccinated: 0 (0.0%)
• Fully vaccinated: 53 (45.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 22-28)

• Not vaccinated: 337.3
• Partially vaccinated: 96.4
• Fully vaccinated: 283.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 15-28)

• Not vaccinated: 14.9
• Partially vaccinated: 0.0
• Fully vaccinated: 1.1