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B.C. health officials provided a COVID-19 data update today.
B.C. reports 437 new COVID-19 cases
Published 5:06 PST, Fri December 10, 2021
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B.C. health authorities reported 437 new cases of COVID-19 today. Since the pandemic began, B.C. has recorded 222,013 cases.
Of the new cases, 90 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 105 in the Fraser Health region, 127 in the Island Health region, 93 in the Interior Health region, 22 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
The province has now identified 10 cases of the Omicron variant of concern in the Vancouver Coastal, Fraser and Island Health regions.
There are 2,994 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and 211 of those people are hospitalized, 72 of whom are in intensive care.
To date, 8,919,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C.; 4,097,320 of those are second doses and 563,316 are third doses.
This means that 91.8 per cent of adults, 91.4 per cent of people aged 12 and older and 86 per cent of people aged five and older have received their first dose of a vaccine. In addition, 88.9 per cent of adults, 88.4 per cent of those aged 12 and older and 82.2 per cent of those aged five and older have received two doses. Thirteen per cent of adults and 12 per cent of those aged 12-plus have received three doses.
Sadly, there were three new virus-related deaths reported today, bringing that total to 2,381. Of those who died, one lived in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, one in the Fraser Health region and one in the Island Health region.
Health authorities reported one health-care facility outbreak over. Active outbreaks continue at two long-term care facilities, one assisted or independent living facility and one acute care facility.
Information on cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status is not available today due to a delayed refresh in data.
For the latest medical updates, including case counts, prevention, risks and to find a testing centre near you: http://www.bccdc.ca/ or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.
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