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B.C. reports 513 new COVID-19 cases as active cases climb to 3,834

BY , Aug 12, 2021 10:19 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

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

B.C. is reporting 513 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 154,362 cases in the province.

There are 3,834 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 148,702 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 81 individuals are in hospital and 33 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Interior Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,779.

There are eight active outbreaks in:

long-term care: Holyrood Manor, Kin Village West Court, Evergreen Baptist Care Society (Fraser Health), Nelson Jubilee Manor, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre (Interior Health) and Discovery Harbour (Island Health)

acute care: none

assisted or independent living: none

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,141,196 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

As of Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, 82.3% (3,814,635) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 71.6% (3,318,751) received their second dose.

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