B.C. is reporting 698 new cases of COVID-19, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 161,969 cases in the province.

There are 5,356 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 154,669 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 139 individuals are in hospital and 75 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,802.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Brock Fahrni (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Spring Valley Care Centre (Interior Health), for a total of 14 active outbreaks, including:

long-term care: Heritage Village (Fraser Health), Brock Fahrni (Vancouver Coastal Health), Village at Mill Creek – second floor, Nelson Jubilee Manor, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre and Spring Valley Care Centre (Interior Health)

acute care: Peace Arch Hospital (Fraser Health)

assisted or independent living: Nicola Meadows, Hawthorn Park, David Lloyd, Sun Pointe Village and Hardy View Lodge (Interior Health)

From Aug. 10-23, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 83.3% of cases and 85.0% of hospitalizations.

Cases (Aug. 23):

Unvaccinated: 372 (68.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 53 (9.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 119 (21.9%)

Cases (Aug. 17-23):

Unvaccinated: 3,051 (66.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 535 (16.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 752 (16.6%)

Hospitalizations (Aug. 10-23):

Unvaccinated: 144 (77.0%)

Partially vaccinated: 15 (8.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 28 (15.0%)

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,369,741 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 83.5% (3,869,329) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 75.4% (3,493,119) received their second dose.