B.C. reports 7 new COVID-19 deaths; Hospitalizations continue to decrease

B.C. is reporting 240 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,379 cases in the province.

There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,960.

The new deaths include:

Fraser Health: three

Vancouver Coastal Health: one

Northern Health: two

Island Health: one

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Greenwoods (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

From March 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.5% of cases. From March 2-15, they accounted for 27.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 9-15) - Total 1,662

Not vaccinated: 238 (14.3%)

Partially vaccinated: 37 (2.2%)

Fully vaccinated: 1,387 (83.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 2-15) - Total 431

Not vaccinated: 103 (23.9%)

Partially vaccinated: 16 (3.7%)

Fully vaccinated: 312 (72.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-15)

Not vaccinated: 63.0

Partially vaccinated: 20.4

Fully vaccinated: 29.8

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 2-15)

Not vaccinated: 30.5

Partially vaccinated: 15.0

Fully vaccinated: 6.6

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,429,442 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.