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9,332 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk , 03 Jan, 2022 06:40 PM
  • 9,332 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 9,332 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 264,181 cases in the province:

  • Dec. 31, 2021 - Jan. 1, 2022: 4,033 new cases
  • Jan. 1-2, 2022: 3,069 new cases
  • Jan. 2-3, 2022: 2,230 new cases

Note: case counts provided today are preliminary.

The new cases include:

  • 4,859 new cases in Fraser Health
  • 1,797 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • 1,185 new cases in Interior Health
  • 374 new cases in Northern Health
  • 1,117 new cases in Island Health

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 Tuesday, Jan. 4.

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