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Sep 3, 2021 12:24 AM -

801 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths reported in B.C.

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B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press briefing in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 801 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 167,654 cases in the province.

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh and will be verified once confirmed.

There are 5,931 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 159,560 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 199 individuals are in hospital and 116 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths (Interior Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 1,824.

From Aug. 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 79.0% of cases and from Aug 18-31, they accounted for 84.0% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Aug. 25-31) – Total 4,861

Not vaccinated: 3,345 (68.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 496 (10.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,020 (21.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 18-31) – Total 268

Not vaccinated: 203 (75.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 22 (8.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 43 (16.0%)

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,494,567 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

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