Northern Health sees one COVID-19 death over weekend, 1,853 new cases in B.C.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,853 new cases of COVID-19 including seven new deaths with one occurring in Northern Health.

On Aug. 27-28 there were 769 new cases in B.C, Aug. 28-29 saw 581 new cases and Aug. 29-30: saw 503 new cases.

Of those, there were 142 new cases in Northern Health and there are now 453 active cases in the region.

There are 13 people in hospital with COVID-19 in the region and nine in critical care.

Throughout the province there are 5,918 active cases of COVID-19 and of the active cases, 176 individuals are in hospital and 91 are in intensive care.

The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

There have also been four new health-care facility outbreaks at Chilliwack General Hospital in Fraser Health, Fort St. John Hospital in Northern Health, Rose Woods Village in Interior Health and Sunset Lodge in Island Health.

There are now 18 currently active outbreaks throughout the province.

As of Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, 84.2 per cent (3,904,121) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 76.4 per cent (3,541,731) received their second dose.

In addition, 84.9 per cent (3,672,685) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 77.5 per cent (3,350,149) received their second dose.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 7,453,107 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.