B.C. reports 820 new COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths

B.C. is reporting 820 new cases of COVID-19, including 11 epi-linked cases, for a total of 173,158 cases in the province.

There are 5,850 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 165,027 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 281 individuals are in hospital and 135 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,856.

The new deaths include:

Vancouver Coastal Health: three

Interior Health: three

Northern Health: two

Island Health: one

From Sept. 2-8, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 78.4% of cases and from Aug. 26-Sept. 8, they accounted for 86.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 2-8) – Total 4,661

Not vaccinated: 3,252 (69.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 402 (8.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,007 (21.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 26-Sept. 8) – Total 358

Not vaccinated: 292 (81.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 18 (5.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 48 (13.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 2-8)

Not vaccinated: 301.2

Partially vaccinated: 88.7

Fully vaccinated: 26.1

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Aug. 26-Sept. 8)

Not vaccinated: 39.5

Partially vaccinated: 6.7

Fully vaccinated: 1.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,583,999 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

85.5% (3,962,256) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 78.0% (3,614,503) received their second dose.