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B.C. reports 1,853 new COVID-19 cases and seven 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 1,853 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 165,413 cases in the province:

Aug. 27-28: 769 new cases

Aug. 28-29: 581 new cases

Aug. 29-30: 503 new cases

There are 5,918 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 157,419 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 176 individuals are in hospital and 91 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 72 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,814.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: one

Interior Health: three

Northern Health: one

Island Health: two

From Aug. 13-26, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 81.7% of cases and 85.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Aug. 20-26) – Total 4,565

Not vaccinated: 3,255 (71.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 477 (10.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 833 (18.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 13-26) – Total 217

Not vaccinated: 172 (79.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 14 (6.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 31 (14.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population (Aug. 20-26)

Not vaccinated: 208.3

Partially vaccinated: 111.1

Fully vaccinated: 26.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,453,107 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, 84.2% (3,904,121) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 76.4% (3,541,731) received their second dose.

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