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1,667 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths reported in BC since Friday

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The B.C. Ministry of Health reported 1,667 new cases of COVID-19 across the province since Friday, for a total of 47,067 cases since the pandemic began.

Between Friday and Saturday, there were 652 new cases; 486 more cases were reported between Saturday and Sunday; and 529 more COVID-19 cases were added between Sunday and Monday.

In total, 10,969 of the cases are in the Vancouver Coastal Region, 27,413 in Fraser Health, 808 in Vancouver Island Health region, 3,124 in Interior Health, 1,509 in Northern Health region, and 108 people whose residence is outside of Canada.

The number of active cases in B.C. has decreased by 260 to 9,718.

There are now a total of 341 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 80 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

41 more people have died from COVID-19 over the past three days, bringing the provincial death toll to 765.

9,651 people are in isolation, under active public health monitoring, after exposure to COVID-19.

A total of 35,455 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.

So far, 3,644 health care workers in the province have received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Vaccine deliveries have now arrived in every health region in BC.

Outbreaks

Five new health care facility outbreaks were declared over the weekend, while five outbreaks are now over.

In total, there are 55 long term care and assisted living facilities, and six acute care facilities with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks.

One new community outbreak was reported at Rossdown Farms and Natural Foods in Abbotsford.

Two new outbreaks were reported at Coastal Gaslink worksites. According to Dr. Bonnie Henry, Northern Health is working with Coastal Gaslink and Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd. to address the outbreaks.

There remain a number of ongoing COVID-19 exposure sites. B.C. residents are urged to check the BC CDC website for all public alerts about possible exposures to the virus.

Those who may have been exposed are asked to monitor their symptoms, reduce the number of contacts they have, and call 811 to get tested for the virus if they do develop symptoms.

Island Health region

21 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Island Health region over the past three days, and one more person has died after contracting the virus.

In total, there have been 829 cases of COVID-19 in the region, 11 of whom have died. Five people in the region are currently in hospital, and one of them is in critical care after contracting the virus.

Island Health reports that as of Monday, December 21, there are 62 active cases in the region.

  • South Vancouver Island  Active cases: 30 (+4); Total Cases: 276 (+9)
  • Central Vancouver Island Active cases: 22 (-2); Total Cases: 362 (+10)
  • North Vancouver Island Active cases: 10 (-2); Total Cases: 181 (+2)

The COVID-19 case curve in the Vancouver Island health region as of December 21 is represented below:

(Island Health)

To date, there have been a total of 1,363,251 novel coronavirus tests conducted across B.C., 150,033 of which were done in the Island Health region.


See all the latest updates about the global COVID-19 pandemic on Vancouver Island


The BCCDC has set up a novel coronavirus telephone information line at 1-833-784-4397 for those who have further questions about this virus.

Anyone concerned that they may have been exposed to, or are experiencing symptoms of the novel coronavirus, should contact their primary care provider, local public health office, or call 8-1-1.

The province has also created the 1-888-COVID-19 line to connect British Columbians needing non-medical information about the pandemic.

As of the time of publication, the total number of COVID-19 patients worldwide has risen to 77,646,747.

Over 1,707,703 people have died from the illness and 54,499,215 have recovered.

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Brishti Basu
Former Senior Staff Writer and Content Manager at Victoria Buzz.

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