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B.C. reports 204 new COVID-19 cases

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Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a news conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 204 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 149,648 cases in the province.

There are 1,055 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 146,810 people who tested positive have recovered.

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

Of the active cases, 51 individuals are in hospital and 20 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the last 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,771.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,732,309 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Thursday, July 29, 2021, 81.0% (3,753,057) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 64.1% (2,971,793) have received their second dose.

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