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B.C. reports 714 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths

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

B.C. is reporting 714 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 187,694 cases in the province.

There are 6,317 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 178,980 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 328 individuals are in hospital and 138 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,973.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: four

Interior Health: six

Vancouver Coastal Health: one

From Sept. 23-29, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 71.3% of cases.

From Sept. 15-29, they accounted for 80.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 23-29) – Total 5,152

Not vaccinated: 3,311 (64.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 3,59 (7.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,482 (28.8%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 16-29) – Total 426

Not vaccinated: 302 (70.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 42 (9.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 82 (19.2%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 23-29)

Not vaccinated: 296.6

Partially vaccinated: 98.0

Fully vaccinated: 36.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 16-29)

Not vaccinated: 44.4

Partially vaccinated: 17.7

Fully vaccinated: 1.9

Province has administered 7,852,885 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

88% (4,079,918) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 81.1% (3,761,048) have received their second dose.

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