Federal and Provincial Health Updates on COVID-19 for Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Federal Health Updates
- 468,862 confirmed cases to date in Canada and 13,553 deaths.
- Total recovered: 379,467 (81%).
- To date, labs across Canada have tested over 12.22 Million people for COVID-19 (with an average of 3.5% positive overall).
- In the past week, an average of 80,109 people have been tested for COVID-19 daily across Canada, with 8% of these people testing positive.
- The first COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in Canada and up to 249K doses of the vaccine from Pfizer this month is expected.
Read more about the latest vaccine developments for Canada.
What’s happening in Canada and around the world today?
Updates from BC Public Health
New cases reported today: 522.
Of these new cases, there are:
- 84 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region
- 338 in the Fraser Health region
- 7 in the Island Health region
- 56 in the Interior Health region
- 37 in the Northern Health region
Total cases in BC who have tested positive to date: 43,463.
- 361 are hospitalized and 93 are in ICU due to COVID-19.
- 21 new deaths to report today. Total to date: 668.
- 31,866 people with COVID-19 have fully recovered (73%).
What’s happening today in BC regarding COVID-19?
