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Apr 2, 2022 12:58 AM - Connect News

B.C. crosses grim milestone of 3,000 COVID-19 related deaths

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B.C.'s provincial health office, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - BC Govt.)

B.C. is reporting 357 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 356,858 cases in the province.

There are 274 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 35 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, four new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 3,002.

From March 24-30, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18% of cases.

From March 17-30, they accounted for 20.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 24-30) - Total 1,608

Not vaccinated: 261 (16.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 28 (1.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,319 (82%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 17-30) - Total 382

Not vaccinated: 67 (17.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 302 (79.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 24-30)

Not vaccinated: 73.4

Partially vaccinated: 19.3

Fully vaccinated: 28.5

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 17-30)

Not vaccinated: 20.6

Partially vaccinated: 12.5

Fully vaccinated: 6.4

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,495,364 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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