B.C. is reporting 3,795 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 254,849 cases in the province.

There are currently 20,811 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 231,058 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 220 individuals are currently in hospital and 73 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 320 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 1,792);

* 1,944 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 9,050);

* 965 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 7,135);

* 129 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 494);

* 434 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 2,336).

In the last 24 hours, three new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,423.

As of Friday, Dec. 31, 88.1% (4,392,141) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.9% (4,133,438) have received their second dose.

In addition, 92% (4,262,385) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.2% (4,133,262) received their second dose and 19.6% (909,248) have received a third dose.

Also, 92.3% (3,993,382) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.6% (3,877,423) received their second dose, and 21.0% (908,376) have received a third dose.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Kopernik Lodge (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Amica Douglas House (Island Health), for a total of 15 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Dec. 23-29, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16% of cases and from Dec. 16-29 they accounted for 55% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Dec. 23-29) – Total 17,762

* Not vaccinated: 2,535 (14.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 305 (1.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 14,922 (84%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 16-29) – Total 180

* Not vaccinated: 96 (53.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 3 (1.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 81 (45%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 23-29)

* Not vaccinated: 401.9

* Partially vaccinated: 101.9

* Fully vaccinated: 325.8

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 16-29)

* Not vaccinated: 22.2

* Partially vaccinated: 2.2

* Fully vaccinated: 1.7

Since December 2020, the province has administered 9,399,015 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Paediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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