B.C. reports 271 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths

B.C. is reporting 271 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 354,874 cases in the province.

There are 255 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,981.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Yucalta Lodge (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of four facilities with ongoing outbreak.

From March 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.1% of cases. From March 9-22, they accounted for 25.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 16-22) - Total 1,438

Not vaccinated: 204 (14.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 27 (1.9%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,207 (83.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 9-22) - Total 393

Not vaccinated: 87 (22.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 291 (74.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 16-22)

Not vaccinated: 62.4

Partially vaccinated: 21.4

Fully vaccinated: 25.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-22)

Not vaccinated: 25.2

Partially vaccinated: 13.9

Fully vaccinated: 6.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,462,806 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.