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B.C. reports 1,079 new COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths

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

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,079 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 152,918 cases in the province:

Aug. 6-7: 422 new cases

Aug. 7-8: 364 new cases

Aug. 8-9: 293 new cases

There are currently 3,036 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 148,066 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 68 individuals are in hospital and 20 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

258 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 586

142 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 387

587 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 1,755

30 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 108

62 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 188

No new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 12

In the past 72 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,777.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,067,738 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, 82.0% (3,801,960) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 70.3% (3,257,931) have received their second dose.

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