Over the past 24 hours, B.C. is reporting 2,944 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 246,671 cases in the province.

There are 16,014 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 227,780 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 206 individuals are in hospital and 66 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

Over the four-day holiday period, B.C. reported 8,073 new cases of COVID-19. Dec. 24-25: 2,552 new cases; Dec. 25-26: 2,023 new cases; Dec. 26-27: 1,713 new cases; Dec. 27-28: 1,785 new cases.

The new/active cases include:

* 374 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 1,576);

* 1,591 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 7,192);

* 571 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 5,462);

* 99 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 431);

* 309 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 1,353).

As of Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, 88.0% (4,384,402) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.8% (4,129,587) have received their second dose.

In addition, 91.9% (4,259,339) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.1% (4,129,454) received their second dose, and 18.5% (858,774) have received a third dose.

Also, 92.3% (3,990,578) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.6% (3,873,920) received their second dose, and 19.8% (857,935) have received a third dose.

Since last reported on Dec. 24, five new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,419.The new deaths include one in Interior Health.

There have been 2,452 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C., including 114 in Interior Health.

From Dec. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 15.9% of cases. From Dec. 14-27, they accounted for 57.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 21-27) – Total 14,030

* Not vaccinated: 2,033 (14.5%)

* Partially vaccinated: 203 (1.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 11,794 (84.1%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 14-27) – Total 132

* Not vaccinated: 76 (57.6%)

* Partially vaccinated: 0 (0.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 56 (42.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 21-27)

* Not vaccinated: 318.5

* Partially vaccinated: 82.6

* Fully vaccinated: 257.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 14-27)

* Not vaccinated: 17.5

* Partially vaccinated: 0.0

* Fully vaccinated: 1.2

Since December 2020, the province has administered 9,337,772 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Paediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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