Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,711 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 160,630 cases in the province:

Aug. 20-21: 724 new cases

Aug. 21-22: 545 new cases

Aug. 22-23: 442 new cases

There are 5,056 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 153,627 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 133 individuals are in hospital and 80 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

419 new cases in Fraser Health

Total active cases: 1,194

290 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health

Total active cases: 1,223

768 new cases in Interior Health

Total active cases: 1,930

100 new cases in Northern Health

Total active cases: 298

133 new cases in Island Health

Total active cases: 401

one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada

Total active cases: 10

In the past 72 hours, 16 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,801.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,336,798 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, 83.2% (3,856,248) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 74.9% (3,473,215) received their second dose.