B.C. reports 218 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths

B.C. is reporting 218 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 355,092 cases in the province.

There are 260 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 50 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, two new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,983.

There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr and Sunridge Place Seniors (Island Health), for a total of seven facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From March 17-23, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 15.8% of cases.

From March 10-23, they accounted for 26.2% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 17-23) - Total 1,485

Not vaccinated: 211 (14.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 24 (1.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,250 (84.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 10-23) - Total 386

Not vaccinated: 84 (21.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 17 (4.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 285 (73.8%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 17-23)

Not vaccinated: 60.6

Partially vaccinated: 18.0

Fully vaccinated: 26.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 10-23)

Not vaccinated: 23.9

Partially vaccinated: 15.5

Fully vaccinated: 6.0

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,468,257 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.