B.C. reports 743 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths

B.C. is reporting 743 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 182,541 cases in the province.

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

There are 5,979 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 174,281 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 319 individuals are in hospital and 149 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,922.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: four

Interior Health: one

Northern Health: one

Island Health: one

From Sept. 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 75.0% of cases and from Sept. 9-22, they accounted for 81.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 16-22) – Total 4,543

Not vaccinated: 3,057 (67.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 351 (7.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,135 (25.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 9-22) – Total 436

Not vaccinated: 322 (73.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 35 (8.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 79 (18.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 16-22)

Not vaccinated: 292.8

Partially vaccinated: 90.8

Fully vaccinated: 28.3

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 9-22)

Not vaccinated: 46.6

Partially vaccinated: 14.1

Fully vaccinated: 1.8

Province has administered 7,771,314 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

87.5% (4,053,738) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 80.0% (3,709,554) received their second dose.