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Mar 2, 2022 12:00 AM - Connect News

B.C reports 466 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations continue to decrease

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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 466 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 348,771 cases in the province.

There are 523 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 83 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,873.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 28 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From Feb. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.4% of cases. From Feb. 14-27, they accounted for 34.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 21-27) - Total 3,022

Not vaccinated: 480 (15.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 105 (3.5%)

Fully vaccinated: 2,437 (80.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 14-27) - Total 438

Not vaccinated: 132 (30.1%)

Partially vaccinated: 20 (4.6%)

Fully vaccinated: 286 (65.3%)

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

Not vaccinated: 115.0

Partially vaccinated: 54.8

Fully vaccinated: 53.3

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

Not vaccinated: 37.3

Partially vaccinated: 18.3

Fully vaccinated: 6.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,344,610 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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