B.C. daily COVID numbers break another record on Christmas Eve
Posted December 24, 2021 3:18 pm.
Last Updated December 24, 2021 7:47 pm.
B.C. has broken its daily COVID-19 case count record for the fourth day in a row.
The province reported 2,441 new infections Friday, as well as four new deaths.
Two of the deaths were in the Fraser Health region, while Interior Health and Northern Health each recorded one.
Once again, the majority of new cases were reported in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions.
Four more deaths
About 400 more new cases than yesterday
Hosp/ICU holding steady (but has a two week lag from cases so that will change in coming weeks
Yesterday there were "21,123 PCR tests. This is the most we have ever done in BC" – @adriandix #bcpoli #covid19 @CityNewsVAN https://t.co/3Fi5fIHydQ— LizaYuzda (@LizaYuzda) December 24, 2021
The figures come the same day the province provided an update on testing, asking British Columbians who are fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms to self-isolate rather than go for a PCR test.
The Friday numbers compare to the 2,046 new cases reported on Thursday.
This is the second day in the row that B.C. has surpassed the worst-case scenario outlined in the province’s Omicron modelling projections earlier this month.
The modelling suggested that if the variant spreads quickly and there is “immune evasion with the same severity as Delta,” the province could see 2,000 new infections per day by Dec. 26.
-With files from Nikitha Martins
