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B.C. reports 759 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths
BY , Sep 23, 2021 12:36 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 759 new cases of COVID-19, including 25 epi-linked cases, for a total of 180,937 cases in the province.
There are 5,458 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 173,215 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 324 individuals are in hospital and 157 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
In the past 24 hours, 10 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,910.
The new deaths include:
Fraser Health: seven
Vancouver Coastal Health: two
Island Health: one
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Sunset Manor (Fraser Health), for a total of 23 active outbreaks.
Province has administered 7,739,828 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
87.1% (4,038,966) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 79.7% (3,692,922) received their second dose.
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