VICTORIA - British Columbia has 1,434 more cases of COVID-19 in the last three days for an average of 478 cases per day. A statement from the Health Ministry says there are now 5,090 active infections across B.C., of which about 58 per cent are in the Interior Health region. Just over half of the latest cases are also located in that region, where COVID-19 restrictions have been tightened in a number of central Okanagan communities. The ministry says 83.6 per cent of eligible B.C. residents have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 73.2 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Source: thestar August 16, 2021 23:26 UTC