BC reports 832 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 deaths

| September 23, 2021 in Provincial

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British Columbia is reporting 832 new cases in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of active cases to 5,697. 

From the new/active cases this is where they are coming from in each region:


There are currently 330 people in hospital with 148 of those individuals in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self isolation. 

In the past 24 hours there have been five new deaths reported, bringing the provincial pandemic death toll to 1,915. 

Of the new deaths; two were reported in Fraser Health, two in Interior Health, and one in Northern Health. 


There are no new health care facility outbreaks, and the outbreak at Brookhaven Care Centre in Interior Health has been declared over. This brings the total number of active outbreaks in the province to 22. 


In the past week (Sept. 15-21) this is how cases broke down from unvaccinated to vaccinated:

In the past week (Sept. 15-21) this is how cases per 100,000 population were broken down from unvaccinated to vaccinated:

Over the past two weeks (Sept. 8-21) this is how cases hospitalized broke down from unvaccianted to vaccinated:

Over the past two week (Sept. 8-21) this is how cases hospiliated per 100,000 population after adjusting for age were broken from unvaccinated to vaccinated: 

After factoring for age, people not vaccinated are 25.8 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.


The province has administered 7,756,634 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since December 2020. 

Of eligible people 12 and older in BC, 87.3% (4,046,960) have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 79.9% (3,701,696) have received their second dose.

From the eligible adults in BC, 87.8% (3,799,479) have received their first dose and 80.7% (3,490,764) received their second dose.

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