525 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 79 up north

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* 51 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 822

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* 147 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 1,167

* 79 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 921

* 61 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 619

* no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 42

Note: The number of out of country cases has increased. This is due to a data clean up and reassignment of cases previously reported as Vancouver Coastal Health residents being identified as normally residing outside of Canada.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Vancouver Coastal Health) has been reported, for a total of 1,900.

As for vaccinations, 87% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 79.5% received their second dose.

From Sept. 13-19, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 76.1% of cases and from Sept. 6-19, they accounted for 84.7% of hospitalizations.