The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is reporting an almost four-fold weekly increase in COVID-19 cases in Richmond leading up to Christmas.
From Dec. 19 to 25, there were 431 new cases reported – this compares to 120 cases in the prior week (Dec. 13-19) and 71 the week before that.
The entire BCCDC map of Richmond has turned dark purple – meaning case rates of COVID-19 are at more than 20 per 100,000 residents.
Neighbourhood data from the BCCDC is lagging by a few days (Dec. 16-22), but it shows 61 cases in City Centre, 45 in Thompson/Seafair.
Other neighbourhoods are in the mid- to high-20s. (See bottom of story for full list of neighbourhood cases.)
This high number of cases in Richmond mirrors what is happening provincially as the Omicron variant spreads quickly.
On Wednesday, the province reported 2,944 cases across B.C. in the previous 24-hour period. There are 193 people in hospital across the province with COVID-19 of which 66 are in intensive care.
The province has announced most students in kindergarten to Grade 12 will not go back to school until Jan. 10.
COVID-19 cases by Richmond neighbourhoods (Dec. 16-22)
City Centre: 61
Thompson/Seafair: 45
Blundell: 28
East/West Cambie/Bridgeport: 27
Gilmore/Shellmont/East/Hamilton: 26
Steveston: 24
Broadmoor: 22
- with files from Castanet
