By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. records 724 new cases of COVID-19; hospitalizations up to 149

Aug 26, 2021 | 3:47 PM

VICTORIA — B.C. is reporting another 724 cases of COVID-19 Thursday, as the province stays on the leading edge of a fourth wave of the virus.

According to the Ministry of Health, there were 271 new cases in Interior Health.

The active caseload has risen to 5,640 for the province, including 2,014 in IH.

There are 149 people in hospital and 83 in intensive care.

Two more people have died of the virus, both within Interior Health.

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The province says 70.9 per cent of new cases in the past week have been found in people with no vaccine protection, with another 11.5 per cent in people with only one dose.

In the last two weeks, 78.9 per cent of hospitalizations have involved patients who were unvaccinated, with another 7.5 per cent in patients who were partially vaccinated.