COVID-19 Update

New daily amount of COVID cases continue to go up as province reopens

Jul 23, 2021 | 4:03 PM

VICTORIA – B.C. is reporting 112 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with four new deaths, which brings the overall total to 1,767.

There are currently 603 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and of those active cases, 46 individuals are currently in hospital and 17 are in intensive care.

The new/active cases include:

* 30 new cases in Fraser Health
* Total active cases: 199

* 15 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 110

* 59 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 256

* three new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 10

* five new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 22

* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: six

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: one

* Vancouver Costal Health: one

* Interior Health: two

Currently, there are two active outbreaks in:

* acute care: Laurel Place at Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* long-term care: Holyrood Manor (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living: none

As of Friday, July 23, 2021, 80.3% (3,723,154) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 58.1% (2,692,024) have received their second dose.

In addition, 81.3% (3,517,529) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 61.4% (2,654,367) have received their second dose.

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 6,422,503 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.