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Mar 19, 2022 12:06 AM - Connect News

B.C. reports 6 more COVID-19 deaths

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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 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.

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