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867 new COVID-19 cases and three 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 867 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 163,560 cases in the province.

There are 5,657 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 155,928 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 159 individuals are in hospital and 84 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths (Interior Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 1,807.

From Aug. 12-25, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 82.0% of cases and 85.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Aug. 19-25) – Total 4,368

Not vaccinated: 3,116 (71.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 467 (10.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 785 (18.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 12-25) – Total 213

Not vaccinated: 169 (79.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 14 (6.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 30 (14.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population (Aug. 19-25)

Not vaccinated: 199.0

Partially vaccinated 105.7

Fully vaccinated: 24.9

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,408,715 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, 83.9% (3,886,952) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 75.8% (3,514,485) received their second dose.

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