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B.C. reports 342 new COVID-19 cases as active cases continue to rise

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B.C. is reporting 342 new cases of COVID-19, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 150,973 cases in the province.

There are currently 1,764 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 147,409 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 55 individuals are in hospital and 23 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

66 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 388

57 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 258

171 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 945

13 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 52

32 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 109

3 new cases of people who reside outside of Canada

Total active cases: 12

In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,772.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,931,815 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, 81.5% (3,777,588) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.9% (3,146,669) have received their second dose.

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