B.C. reports 291 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths

B.C. is reporting 291 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 356,252 cases in the province.

There are 276 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 43 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,996.

From March 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.7% of cases. From March 15-28, they accounted for 20.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 22-28) - Total 1,583

Not vaccinated: 256 (16.2%)

Partially vaccinated: 23 (1.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,304 (82.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 15-28) - Total 363

Not vaccinated: 61 (16.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 289 (79.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 22-28)

Not vaccinated: 73.3

Partially vaccinated: 15.8

Fully vaccinated: 28.0

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 15-28)

Not vaccinated: 18.6

Partially vaccinated: 11.9

Fully vaccinated: 6.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,487,827 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.