B.C. reports 728 new COVID-19 cases; Outbreak declared in Burnaby hospital

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 357,500 cases in the province:

April 1-2: 274 new cases

April 2-3: 199 new cases

April 3-4: 255 new cases

There are 321 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 36 are in intensive care.

Note: An update on number of deaths related to COVID-19 will be provided on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health), for a total of 10 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From March 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.6% of cases. From March 18-31, they accounted for 20% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 25-31) - Total 1,682

Not vaccinated: 282 (16.8%)

Partially vaccinated: 31 (1.8%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,369 (81.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 18-31) - Total 396

Not vaccinated: 66 (16.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.3%)

Fully vaccinated: 317 (80.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 25-31)

Not vaccinated: 77.6

Partially vaccinated: 21.1

Fully vaccinated: 29.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 18-31)

Not vaccinated: 19.6

Partially vaccinated: 12.4

Fully vaccinated: 6.7

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,506,019 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.