Nearly 7,000 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over weekend

British Columbia is reporting 6,966 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, an average of 2,322 per day.

The total includes 2,573 cases on Saturday, 2,287 on Sunday and 2,106 today.

There are 34,551 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 431 people in hospital and 95 in intensive care.

The new/active cases include:

* 1,393 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 4,102

* 2,672 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 15,491

* 1,067 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 9,996

* 584 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 1,139

* 1,249 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 3,821

* one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
* Total active cases: two

Seven more people have died from the virus since Friday, raising the overall total of 2,446. The new deaths include three in Fraser and Vancouver Coastal Health, and one in Northern Health.

There have been seven new health-care facility outbreaks at Morgan Place, Maple Ridge Seniors Village, Dania Home, Amica White Rock (Fraser Health), German Canadian Benevolent Society Home, Crofton Manor (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health).

The outbreaks at Guildford Seniors Village (Fraser Health) and Victoria General Hospital (Island Health) have been declared over, for a total of 43 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of today, 88.7 per cent of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, 83.2 per cent have had two doses and 25.8 per cent of those 12 and older have received a third dose.

From Dec. 31 to Jan. 6, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.8 per cent of cases. From Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, they accounted for 38.8 per cent of hospitalizations.