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6,288 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 27 Dec, 2021 07:06 PM

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 6,288 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 241,946 cases in the province:

Dec. 24-25: 2,552 new cases
Dec. 25-26: 2,023 new cases
Dec. 26-27: 1,713 new cases

Note: case counts provided on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, are preliminary.

The new cases include:

3,181 new cases in Fraser Health
1,482 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
713 new cases in Interior Health
174 new cases in Northern Health
737 new cases in Island Health
one new case in person who resides outside of Canada

Note: The Ministry of Health will return to regular reporting of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations, hospitalizations and deaths, and cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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