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B.C. reports 287 new COVID-19 cases and 1 death

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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 287 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 355,935 cases in the province.

There are 273 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 46 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Northern Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,990.

From March 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.5% of cases and from March 14-27, they accounted for 22.3% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 21-27) - Total 1,517

Not vaccinated: 230 (15.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 20 (1.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,267 (83.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 14-27) - Total 313

Not vaccinated: 58 (18.5%)

Partially vaccinated: 12 (3.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 243 (77.7%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 21-27)

Not vaccinated: 65.7

Partially vaccinated: 15.1

Fully vaccinated: 27.0

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 14-27)

Not vaccinated: 17.5

Partially vaccinated: 10.8

Fully vaccinated: 5.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,484,833 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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