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B.C.’s COVID19 update for August 18
As of Wednesday, August 18, 82.8% (3,837,946) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 73.8% (3,419,832) received their second dose.
In addition, 83.6% (3,616,043) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 75.1% (3,248,763) received their second dose.
B.C. is reporting 553 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 157,567 cases in the province.
There are currently 5,580 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 150,102 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 107 individuals are in hospital and 53 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
The new/active cases include:
* 230 new cases in Interior Health (total active cases: 3,203);
* 152 new cases in Fraser Health (total active cases: 990);
* 97 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (total active cases: 811);
* 36 new cases in Northern Health (total active cases: 230);
* 38 new cases in Island Health (total active cases: 337).
In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,782.
There is one new assisted living outbreak at Nicola Meadows (Interior Health) to go with outbreaks at Hawthorn Park and David Lloyd (Interior Health).
There are also the following previously reported outbreaks in long-term care at: Village at Mill Creek – second floor, 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).
Due to a reporting error, the Village at Mill Creek outbreak was listed as an Assisted Living outbreak on Monday and Tuesday. It has been corrected as a long-term care outbreak.
Since December 2020, the province has administered 7,265,222 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead image: A reminder on the front door to a downtown Kimberley business. Carrie Schafer/e-KNOW photo
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