B.C. is reporting 706 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 177,186 cases in the province.

There are 5,844 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 169,083 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 291 individuals are in hospital and 134 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

In the past 24 hours, four new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,877.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Northern Health: one

From Sept. 8-14, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 76.1% of cases and from Sept. 1-14 they accounted for 86.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Sept. 8-14) – Total 4,914

Not vaccinated: 3,347 (68.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 391 (8.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,176 (23.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Sept. 1-14) – Total 390

Not vaccinated: 318 (81.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 19 (4.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 53 (13.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 8-14)

Not vaccinated: 320.9

Partially vaccinated: 98.6

Fully vaccinated: 30

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Sept. 1-14)

Not vaccinated: 44.0

Partially vaccinated: 7.6

Fully vaccinated: 1.2

Province has administered 7,658,443 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

86.3% (3,998,779) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 78.8% (3,652,033) received their second dose.