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There were 1,711 new cases of COVID-19 reported over the weekend.
B.C. reports 1,711 new COVID-19 cases
Published 4:16 PDT, Mon August 23, 2021
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B.C. health authorities reported 1,711 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, three of which are epidemiologically linked. Since the pandemic began, B.C. has recorded 160,630 cases.
Of the new cases, 290 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region (including Richmond), 419 in the Fraser Health region, 133 in the Island Health region, 768 in the Interior Health region, 100 in the Northern Health region and one new cases of a person who resides outside of Canada.
There are 5,056 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and 133 of those people are hospitalized, 80 of whom are in intensive care. The intensive care number is up by 21 from Friday’s count.
To date, 7,336,798 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C.; 3,473,215 of those are second doses.
This means that 84 per cent of adults and 83.2 per cent of people aged 12 and older have received their first dose of a vaccine. In addition, 76.1 per cent of adults and 74.9 per cent of those aged 12 and older have received two doses.
Sadly, there were 16 new virus-related deaths reported since Friday, bringing that total to 1,801. Fourteen of the new deaths are in the Interior Health authority, which includes updated reporting of deaths from Aug. 1.
Health authorities reported three new healthcare facility outbreaks and declared one over. Active outbreaks continue at seven long-term care facilities, five assisted or independent living facilities and one acute care facility.
New data provided by the province indicates vaccination rates of new cases:
Cases (Aug. 11-17):
Unvaccinated: 2,620 (71 per cent)
Partially vaccinated: 583 (16 per cent)
Fully vaccinated: 498 (13 per cent)
Hospitalizations (Aug. 10-16):
Unvaccinated: 95 (84 per cent)
Partially vaccinated: six (five per cent)
Fully vaccinated: 12 (11 per cent)
For the latest medical updates, including case counts, prevention, risks and to find a testing centre near you: http://www.bccdc.ca/ or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.
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