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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for August 16
As of Monday, August 16, 82.6% (3,830,337) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 73.2% (3,393,049) received their second dose.
In addition, 83.5% (3,609,557) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 74.6% (3,227,388) received their second dose.
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,434 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 156,513 cases in the province: Aug. 13-14: 532 new cases; Aug. 14-15: 441 new cases; Aug. 15-16: 461 new cases.
There are 5,090 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 149,553 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 104 individuals are in hospital and 47 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 734 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 2,982);
* 316 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 882);
* 198 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 715);
* 74 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 197);
* 112 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 307).
In the past 72 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,780.
There are 10 active outbreaks in long-term care at: Nelson Jubilee Manor, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre (Interior Health); Kin Village West Court, Evergreen Baptist Care Society (Fraser Health); and Discovery Harbour (Island Health).
And at assisted or independent living centres: Village at Mill Creek – second floor (Interior Health), Hawthorn Park and David Lloyd (Interior Health).
There are no new outbreaks since Friday.
The outbreak at Holyrood Manor has been declared over. The Village at Mill Creek outbreak was inaccurately reported Friday as a long-term care outbreak – it is an assisted-living facility.
Since December 2020, the province has administered 7,230,961 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead image: A request at the entry to the Stage Door in Cranbrook. Ian Cobb/e-KNOW photo
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