724 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths reported in B.C.

B.C. is reporting 724 new cases of COVID-19, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 162,693 cases in the province.

There are 5,640 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 155,096 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 149 individuals are in hospital and 83 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 24 hours, two new deaths (Interior Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 1,804.

From Aug. 11-24, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 82.4% of cases and 86.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Aug. 18-24) – Total 4,413

Not vaccinated: 3,131 (70.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 509 (11.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 773 (17.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 11-24) – Total 199

Not vaccinated: 157 (78.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 15 (7.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 27 (13.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population (Aug. 18-24)

Not vaccinated: 199.5

Partially vaccinated 111.9

Fully vaccinated: 24.6

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,390,103 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, 83.7% (3,878,423) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 75.6% (3,504,402) received their second dose.