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B.C. reports 813 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths

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

B.C. is reporting 813 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 186,245 cases in the province.

There are 6,185 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 177,729 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 340 individuals are in hospital and 146 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,953.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: two

Island Health: three

Northern Health: one

Vancouver Coastal Health: five

There have been two new outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health) and University Hospital of Northern BC (Northern Health)

Two outbreaks have been declared over at Hillside Village and Village at Mill Creek – second floor (Interior Health) for a total of 22 active outbreaks.

From Sept. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 71.9% of cases and from Sept. 14-27 they accounted for 80.8% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 21-27) – Total 5,121

Not vaccinated: 3,324 (64.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 361 (7.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,436 (28.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 14-27) – Total 438

Not vaccinated: 318 (72.6%)

Partially vaccinated: 36 (8.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 84 (19.2%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 21-27)

Not vaccinated: 300.6

Partially vaccinated: 97.6

Fully vaccinated: 35.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 14-27)

Not vaccinated: 46.8

Partially vaccinated: 15.0

Fully vaccinated: 1.9

Province has administered 7,831,229 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

87.9% (4,074,112) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 80.8% (3,745,457) have received their second dose.

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