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464 COVID19 cases for Friday

Darpan News Desk , 06 Aug, 2021 03:39 PM
  • 464 COVID19 cases for Friday
As of Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, 81.8% (3,790,394) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 68.9% (3,195,128) received their second dose.
 
In addition, 82.7% (3,575,597) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 71.0% (3,071,655) received their second dose.
 
B.C. is reporting 464 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 151,839 cases in the province.
 
There are 2,411 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 147,627 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 52 individuals are in hospital and 24 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
 
The new/active cases include:
 
72 new cases in Fraser Health
Total active cases: 486
60 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
Total active cases: 324
275 new cases in Interior Health
Total active cases: 1,356
29 new cases in Northern Health
Total active cases: 88
27 new cases in Island Health
Total active cases: 145
one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada
Total active cases: 12
In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,772.
 
There are six active outbreaks in:
 
long-term care: Holyrood Manor (Fraser Health), Nelson Jubilee Manor, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre (Interior Health) and Discovery Harbour (Island Health)

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