118 new cases of COVID-19 in northern BC and one more death

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* 102 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Total active cases: 911

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* 208 new cases in Interior Health
* Total active cases: 1,281

* 118 new cases in Northern Health
* Total active cases: 915

* 82 new cases in Island Health
* Total active cases: 704

* No new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
* Total active cases: 58

In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,953.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: two

* Island Health: three

* Northern Health: one

* Vancouver Coastal Health: five

As for vaccinations, 87.9% (4,074,112) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 80.8% (3,745,457) have received their second dose.

In addition, 88.4% (3,823,614) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 81.6% (3,529,426) received their second dose.

From Sept. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 71.9% of cases and from Sept. 14-27 they accounted for 80.8% of hospitalizations.

After factoring for age, people not vaccinated are 24.6 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.