B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press briefing in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,079 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 152,918 cases in the province:
Aug. 6-7: 422 new cases
Aug. 7-8: 364 new cases
Aug. 8-9: 293 new cases
There are currently 3,036 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 148,066 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 68 individuals are in hospital and 20 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
258 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 586
142 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 387
587 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 1,755
30 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 108
62 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 188
No new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
Total active cases: 12
In the past 72 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,777.
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,067,738 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, 82.0% (3,801,960) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 70.3% (3,257,931) have received their second dose.