B.C. is reporting 1,474 new cases of COVID-19 today, for a total of 231,117 cases in the province.

As of Wednesday, Dec. 22, 87.6% (4,366,010) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.7% (4,122,434) have received their second dose.

In addition, 91.8% (4,253,714) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 88.9% (4,122,360) have received their second dose and 16% (764,498) have received a third dose.

Also, 92.1% (3,985,464) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.4% (3,867,516) have received their second dose and 18% (763,715) have received a third dose.

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

There are 7,253 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 221,280 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 187 individuals are in hospital and 71 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 113 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 683);

* 435 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 2,277);

* 711 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 2,952);

* 39 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 195);

* 176 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,146).

In the last 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,409.

Note: The update on cases of the Omicron variant of concern will be provided in tomorrow’s COVID-19 pandemic update.

From Dec. 14-20, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 28.3% of cases. From Dec. 7-20, they accounted for 70.5% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 14-20) – Total 5,944

* Not vaccinated: 1,602 (27.0%)

* Partially vaccinated: 78 (1.3%)

* Fully vaccinated: 4,264 (71.7%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 7-20) – Total 183

* Not vaccinated: 122 (66.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 7 (3.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 54 (29.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 14-20) 

* Not vaccinated: 226

* Partially vaccinated: 38.3

* Fully vaccinated: 93.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 7-20)

* Not vaccinated: 28.1

* Partially vaccinated: 6

* Fully vaccinated: 1.2

Since December 2020, the province has administered 9,219,326 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Paediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

Lead image: When we finally battle our way out of this pandemic, images such as this will stand out to those looking back from the future. Josh, a friendly server at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, had his COVID-19 safety game in high gear last week, as per current provincial government regulations. Carrie Schafer/e-KNOW photo

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