UPDATE: COVID 19 update: Slight rise in B.C. case numbers Tuesday

Dec 27, 2021 | 7:15 PM Pete McIntyre

B.C. saw a slight rise in new COVID-19 cases Tuesday with 1,785, up from the 1,713 on Monday.

The Health Ministry noted the case counts provided are preliminary.

The new cases include:

* 791 new cases in Fraser Health

* 400 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

* 283 new cases in Island Health

* 269 new cases in Interior Health

* 42 new cases in Northern Health

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.

COVID 19 update: B.C. case numbers decline
Dec 27, 2021 | 7:15 PM

COVID-19 case numbers have finally started to show some decreases in British Columbia.

Saturday (Dec. 25) saw 2,552 new infections, which was a record for a fifth straight day, but on Sunday, cases dropped to 2,023 and today, there were 1,713.

The new cases include:

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

The number of Omicron cases were not provided Monday.

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.