As of Tuesday, August 17, 82.7% (3,833,978) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 73.5% (3,406,546) received their second dose.

In addition, 83.5% (3,612,654) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 74.9% (3,238,165) received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 501 new cases of COVID-19, including nine epi-linked cases, for a total of 157,014 cases in the province.

There are 5,296 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 149,847 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 111 individuals are in hospital and 51 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

* 205 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 3,084);

* 139 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 932);

* 92 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 758);

* 35 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 206);

* 28 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 307);

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Island Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,781.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

There are seven active outbreaks long-term care: 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)

There are three active outbreaks in assisted or independent living at Village at Mill Creek – second floor, Hawthorn Park and David Lloyd (Interior Health).

Since December 2020, the province has administered 7,248,039 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

Lead image: COVID-19 safety at the entrance to Smitty’s Restaurant in Fernie. Carrie Schafer/e-KNOW photo

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