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B.C. reports 997 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths

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B.C.'s provincial health office, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - BC Govt.)

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 997 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 350,941 cases in the province:

March 4-5: 385 new cases

March 5-6: 327 new cases

March 6-7: 285 new cases

There are 449 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 63 are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,914.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Menno Home, Cascade Gardens Seniors Community (Fraser Health) and Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health) have been declared over, for a total of 17 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Feb. 25 to March 3, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.1% of cases. From Feb. 18 to March 3, they accounted for 31.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 25 to March 3) - Total 2,596

Not vaccinated: 419 (16.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 77 (3.0%)

Fully vaccinated: 2,100 (80.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 18 to March 3) - Total 427

Not vaccinated: 114 (26.7%)

Partially vaccinated: 22 (5.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 291 (68.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 25 to March 3)

Not vaccinated: 111.1

Partially vaccinated: 47.3

Fully vaccinated: 46.0

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 18 to March 3)

Not vaccinated: 29.3

Partially vaccinated: 19.9

Fully vaccinated: 6.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,379,437 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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