B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 814 new cases of COVID-19, including 16 epi-linked cases, for a total of 171,564 cases in the province.
There are 5,550 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 163,793 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 261 individuals are in hospital and 129 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 1,842.
From Aug. 31-Sept. 6, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 77.8% of cases and from Aug. 24-Sept. 6, they accounted for 85.9% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Aug. 31-Sept. 6) – Total 4,691
Not vaccinated: 3,247 (69.2%)
Partially vaccinated: 403 (8.6%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,041 (22.2%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Aug. 24-Sept. 6) – Total 233
Not vaccinated: 184 (79.0%)
Partially vaccinated: 16 (6.9%)
Fully vaccinated: 33 (14.2%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population (Aug. 31-Sept. 6)
Not vaccinated: 244.4
Partially vaccinated: 108.3
Fully vaccinated: 30.0
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population (Aug. 24-Sept. 6)
Not vaccinated: 13.7
Partially vaccinated: 4.1
Fully vaccinated: 1.0
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,557,556 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
85.2% (3,949,169) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.7% (3,601,169) received their second dose.