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Dec 10, 2021 1:13 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 341 new COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths

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B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 341 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 221,576 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are currently 2,915 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 216,185 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 220 individuals are currently in hospital and 73 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,378.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Interior Health: one

Northern Health: two

Island Health: three

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of five facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Dec. 1-7, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 57.7% of cases. From Nov. 24 to Dec. 7, they accounted for 63.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 1-7) – Total 2,422

Not vaccinated: 1,308 (54.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 90 (3.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,024 (42.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 24 to Dec. 7) – Total 192

Not vaccinated: 116 (60.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 6 (3.1%)

Fully vaccinated: 70 (36.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 1-7)

Not vaccinated: 164.4

Partially vaccinated: 43.1

Fully vaccinated: 22.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 24 to Dec. 7)

Not vaccinated: 25.0

Partially vaccinated: 4.3

Fully vaccinated: 1.5

Province has administered 8,889,167 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

85.9% (4,281,608) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.1% (4,094,539) have received their second dose.

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