Active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decrease in B.C.

KAMLOOPS — B.C. reported 946 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (Dec. 3 to 6), with 211 of them in Interior Health.

Active cases decreased to 2,876 in the province (down by 195 since Dec. 3) and 559 in Interior Health (down by 26). Of the provincial active cases, 241 patients are in hospital (down by 35), with 89 of them in intensive care (down by six).

Elsewhere, 285 new cases were reported in Fraser Health (927 active), 197 in Island Health (624), 138 in Vancouver Coastal Health (424), and 115 in Northern Health (342).

The three-day breakdown is as follows: