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271 COVID19 cases for Thursday

Darpan News Desk , 24 Mar, 2022 04:13 PM
  • 271 COVID19 cases for Thursday

As of Thursday, March 24, 2022, 90.8% (4,526,648) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.1% (4,343,349) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,330,646) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.0% (4,218,320) received their second dose and 57.2% (2,651,042) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.8% (4,055,710) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.4% (3,953,946) received their second dose and 59.0% (2,550,870) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 271 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 354,874 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

  • Fraser Health: 54
  • Vancouver Coastal Health: 30
  • Interior Health: 96
  • Northern Health: 31
  • Island Health: 60
  • People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 255 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,981.

The new deaths include:

  • Fraser Health: three
  • Interior Health: one
  • Northern Health: two

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

  • long-term care:
    • Hillside Village (Interior Health)
    • The Heights at Mt. View and Selkirk Seniors Village (Island Health)
  • acute care:
    • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)
  • assisted or independent living:
    • none

From March 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.1% of cases. From March 9-22, they accounted for 25.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 16-22) - Total 1,438

  • Not vaccinated: 204 (14.2%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 27 (1.9%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 1,207 (83.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 9-22) - Total 393

  • Not vaccinated: 87 (22.1%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.8%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 291 (74.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 16-22)

  • Not vaccinated: 62.4
  • Partially vaccinated: 21.4
  • Fully vaccinated: 25.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-22)

  • Not vaccinated: 25.2
  • Partially vaccinated: 13.9
  • Fully vaccinated: 6.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,462,806 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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