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Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,711 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 160,630 cases in the province:
Aug. 20-21: 724 new cases
Aug. 21-22: 545 new cases
Aug. 22-23: 442 new cases
There are 5,056 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 153,627 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 133 individuals are in hospital and 80 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
419 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 1,194
290 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 1,223
768 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 1,930
100 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 298
133 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 401
one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
Total active cases: 10
In the past 72 hours, 16 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,801.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,336,798 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, 83.2% (3,856,248) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 74.9% (3,473,215) received their second dose.
