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402 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.
BY , Aug 6, 2021 12:21 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry looks on during a tour as Island Health medical health officer Mike Benusic, right, and Minister of Health Adrian Dix take in the tour at the Victoria Conference Centre vaccination site to promote walk-in Wednesdays, an effort by the province to encourage those needing a first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during a site tour in Victoria on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
B.C. is reporting 402 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 151,375 cases in the province.
There are currently 2,066 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 147,510 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 58 individuals are currently in hospital and 21 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,772.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,965,062 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, 81.7% (3,785,216) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 68.4% (3,172,287) have received their second dose.
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