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553 COVID19 cases for Wednesday

Darpan News Desk BC Government, 18 Aug, 2021 03:23 PM
  • 553 COVID19 cases for Wednesday

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, for a total of 157,567 cases in the province. 

Fraser: 152 new, 990 active Coastal: 97 new, 811 active Interior: 230 new, 3,203 active Northern: 36 new, 230 active Island: 38 new, 337 active.

107 people are in hospital and 53 are in ICU.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 1,782.

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.

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.

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