4 cases of omicron identified at UVic, as B.C. records 1,129 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days
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B.C. health officials announced 1,129 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths over the past three days on Monday, including four cases of the omicron variant detected during an outbreak at the University of Victoria.
The breakdown of new cases is as follows:
According to the province, there are currently 2,949 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C.
A total of 185 people are in hospital, with 72 in intensive care.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by 23 per cent from last Monday, when 241 people were in hospital with the disease and about 51.8 per cent from a month ago when 384 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by about 19 per cent from 89 a week ago and by 42 per cent from last month when 124 people were in the ICU.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,386 lives lost out of 223,142 confirmed cases to date.
The regional breakdown of new cases is as follows:
There are a total of three active outbreaks in assisted living and long-term and acute care, including an outbreak at the Ridge Meadows Hospital.
As of Monday, 91.5 per cent of those 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 88.5 per cent a second dose and 13 per cent a third dose.
When taking into account those five and older, 86.5 per cent of people in B.C. had received a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine and 82.3 per cent a second dose.
From Dec. 3 to 9, people who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 54.9 per cent of cases and from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9, they accounted for 67.9 per cent of hospitalizations, according to the province.
After factoring for age, people not vaccinated are 22 times more likely to be hospitalized than those who are fully vaccinated, it said.
So far, 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including four million second doses.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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