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B.C. reports 288 new COVID-19 cases and 3 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 288 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 352,039 cases in the province.

There are 368 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 46 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths (Fraser Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 2,935.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 14 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From March 3-9, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.0% of cases.

From Feb. 24 to March 9, they accounted for 28.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 3-9) - Total 2,069

Not vaccinated: 318 (15.4%)

Partially vaccinated: 53 (2.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,698 (82.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 24 to March 9) - Total 373

Not vaccinated: 87 (23.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 20 (5.4%)

Fully vaccinated: 266 (71.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 3-9)

Not vaccinated: 88.1

Partially vaccinated: 30.8

Fully vaccinated: 36.2

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 24 to March 9)

Not vaccinated: 24.5

Partially vaccinated: 18.6

Fully vaccinated: 5.6

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,398,503 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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