Interior’s active and new COVID-19 cases both rising
British Columbia is ending the first work week of 2022 with 3,144 new COVID-19 cases.
That’s down from the 3,233 on Thursday.
#CovidBC update: 3,144 new cases since we last reported, for a total of 276,875 cases in BC. There have been 9 new deaths, for a total of 2,439. 88.5% of eligible people 5+ have received their first dose and 83.1% have received their second dose. https://t.co/aXKov5ulSo pic.twitter.com/2P7VF0yU9O
— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) January 8, 2022
(BC government/Twitter)
There are 33,184 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 349 people in hospital and 93 in intensive care.
Interior Health saw a jump in both its active and new cases.
The new/active cases include:
* 526 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 3,183
* 1,416 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 15,704
* 483 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 9,449
* 244 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 935
* 475 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 3,906
* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: seven
In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,439.
The new deaths include five in Fraser Health, two in Vancouver Coastal Health and two in Island Health.
From Dec. 30 to Jan. 5, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.1 per cent of cases. From Dec. 23 to Jan. 5, they accounted for 39.3 per cent of hospitalizations.
As of today, 88.5 per cent of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 83.1 per cent have had two jabs, and 23.5 per cent have had three shots.