Monday, June 1, 2026
ADVT 
National

717 COVID19 cases for Friday

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 13 Aug, 2021 02:27 PM
  • 717 COVID19 cases for Friday

As of Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, 82.4% (3,818,952) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 72.0% (3,337,348) received their second dose.

In addition, 83.2% (3,599,872) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 73.6% (3,183,232) received their second dose.

B.C. is reporting 717 new cases of COVID-19, including 11 epi-linked cases, for a total of 155,079 cases in the province.

There are 4,277 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 148,964 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 82 individuals are in hospital and 39 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

The new/active cases include:

  • 140 new cases in Fraser Health
    • Total active cases: 821
  • 101 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
    • Total active cases: 593
  • 376 new cases in Interior Health
    • Total active cases: 2,446
  • 60 new cases in Northern Health
    • Total active cases: 163
  • 40 new cases in Island Health
    • Total active cases: 245
  • no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
    • Total active cases: nine

In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,779.

There are 11 active outbreaks in:

  • long-term care: Holyrood Manor, Kin Village West Court, Evergreen Baptist Care Society (Fraser Health), Nelson Jubilee Manor, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre, Brookhaven Care Centre, Village at Mill Creek (Interior Health) and Discovery Harbour (Island Health)
  • assisted or independent living: Hawthorn Park and David Lloyd Jones (Interior Health)
  • acute care: none

MORE National ARTICLES

Ottawa to extend eligibility for Yazidi refugees

Ottawa to extend eligibility for Yazidi refugees
Mendicino says the new policy will allow more Yazidi refugees to join extended family members, including siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Ottawa to extend eligibility for Yazidi refugees

B.C. auditor general postpones 10 reports

B.C. auditor general postpones 10 reports
Michael Pickup says in a report today that evolving circumstances mostly connected to the pandemic's impact on government operations have resulted in changes to the status of the audits.

B.C. auditor general postpones 10 reports

Woman used umbrella to confront stabbing suspect

Woman used umbrella to confront stabbing suspect
Sheloah Klausen, a school teacher in North Vancouver, was at the Lynn Valley public library on Saturday to attend a book fair with her daughter.

Woman used umbrella to confront stabbing suspect

Meng case 'unprecedented' in Canada: defence

Meng case 'unprecedented' in Canada: defence
Meng has denied allegations that she lied to HSBC in 2013 about Huawei's relationship with a subsidiary doing business in Iran, putting the bank at risk of violating American sanctions.

Meng case 'unprecedented' in Canada: defence

Fires at three Metro Vancouver Masonic halls

Fires at three Metro Vancouver Masonic halls
North Vancouver RCMP say in a statement a fire broke out just before 7 a.m. at the Lynn Valley Lodge Masonic hall.

Fires at three Metro Vancouver Masonic halls

Feds must avoid big-bang plan on daycare: report

Feds must avoid big-bang plan on daycare: report
The report's authors say the money should focus first on expanding the supply of licensed child-care spaces.

Feds must avoid big-bang plan on daycare: report