BC announces 814 new coronavirus cases; 272 in Interior Health - BC News - Castanet.net

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The provincial government has announced 814 new coronavirus cases, including 272 in the Interior Health region.

The new cases bring B.C.’s total since the pandemic began to 171,564, although just 5,550 cases remain active. Of the active cases, 261 individuals are in hospital and 129 are in intensive care.

In the Interior Health region, there are 1,793 active cases where 61 people are hospitalized, 43 of whom are in intensive care.

As of Wednesday, 85.2% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.7% received their second dose.

There were no new deaths reported Wednesday.

The new/active cases include:

• 241 new cases in Fraser Health — Total active cases: 1,601
• 135 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health — Total active cases: 939
• 272 new cases in Interior Health — Total active cases: 1,793
• 72 new cases in Northern Health — Total active cases: 721
• 90 new cases in Island Health — Total active cases: 485

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

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