B.C.'s provincial health office, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - BC Govt.)
B.C.'s provincial health office, Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference in Victoria. (Photo - BC Govt.)
B.C. is reporting 199 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,578 cases in the province.
The new cases include:
Fraser Health: 52
Vancouver Coastal Health: 18
Interior Health: 72
Northern Health: 14
Island Health: 43
People who reside outside of Canada: zero
There are 290 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 46 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,966.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Sidney Care Home (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of seven facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
From March 10-16, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.2% of cases. From March 3-16, they accounted for 26.2% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (March 10-16) - Total 1,574
Not vaccinated: 239 (15.2%)
Partially vaccinated: 32 (2.0%)
Fully vaccinated: 1,303 (82.8%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 3-16) - Total 439
Not vaccinated: 102 (23.2%)
Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.0%)
Fully vaccinated: 324 (73.8%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 10-16)
Not vaccinated: 66.5
Partially vaccinated: 18.0
Fully vaccinated: 28.2
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 3-16)
Not vaccinated: 30.4
Partially vaccinated: 12.3
Fully vaccinated: 6.9
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,434,211 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.