VICTORIA -- Health officials identified 53 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Tuesday.
The new cases were among 641 cases found across British Columbia over the past 24 hours, according to a statement Tuesday from the B.C. health ministry.
There are now 5,357 active cases of COVID-19 across B.C., including 430 active cases in the Vancouver Island region.
Island Health identified the locations of 383 active cases in the region Tuesday, including 167 in the South Island, 154 in the Central Island and 62 in the North Island.
On Tuesday morning, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that B.C. is reinstating a public health order requiring everyone 12 and older to wear a mask in indoor public spaces starting Wednesday.
"This will include malls, shopping centres, coffee shops, retail and grocery stores, liquor and drug stores, city halls, libraries, community and recreation centres, restaurants, pubs and bars – unless you are seated once you're at your table," Henry said.
The mask mandate also applies to public transit, taxis and ride-sharing vehicles.
The province’s previous mask mandate was lifted on July 1, before the highly contagious Delta variant triggered a fourth wave of the pandemic in B.C.
Henry announced the change during a news conference about the province's back-to-school plan, which includes mandatory masks for all staff and students in Grade 4 and up come September.
There were no deaths related to COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the health ministry.
Since the pandemic began, 1,801 people have died of COVID-19 in B.C., including 43 in the Vancouver Island region.
Twenty-two people are in hospital with COVID-19 in the island region, including 12 patients in critical care, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
There are currently 12 active COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care and assisted living facilities across the province.
Approximately 83.3 per cent of British Columbians aged 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while 75.1 per cent have received two doses.
Between Aug. 9 and Aug. 22, people who are not fully vaccinated accounted for 83.4 per cent of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases and 85.6 per cent of hospitalizations, according to the province.
Health officials have administered 7,351,471 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. since December.
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