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728 COVID19 cases over 3 days

Darpan News Desk , 04 Apr, 2022 05:04 PM
  • 728 COVID19 cases over 3 days

As of Monday, April 4, 2022, 90.9% (4,529,623) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% (4,357,946) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.5% (4,332,849) of eligible people 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.1% (4,222,535) received their second dose and 57.7% (2,675,686) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.8% (4,057,726) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.5% (3,957,573) received their second dose and 59.5% (2,571,726) have received a third dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 357,500 cases in the province:

  • April 1-2: 274 new cases
  • April 2-3: 199 new cases
  • April 3-4: 255 new cases

Note: The numbers of total and new cases are provisional and will be updated when verified in the weekly report starting Thursday, April 7, 2022.

The new cases include:

  • Fraser Health: 218
  • Vancouver Coastal Health: 151
  • Interior Health: 168
  • Northern Health: 36
  • Island Health: 154
  • People who reside outside of Canada: one

There are 321 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 36 are in intensive care.

Note: An update on number of deaths related to COVID-19 will be provided on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health), for a total of 10 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

  • long-term care:
    • Monahsee Mews and Parkview Place (Interior Health)
    • The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr, Sunridge Place Seniors and Ayre Manor (Island Health)
  • acute care:
    • Surrey Memorial Hospital and Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health)
  • assisted or independent living:
    • none

From March 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.6% of cases. From March 18-31, they accounted for 20% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 25-31) - Total 1,682

  • Not vaccinated: 282 (16.8%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 31 (1.8%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 1,369 (81.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 18-31) - Total 396

  • Not vaccinated: 66 (16.7%)
  • Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.3%)
  • Fully vaccinated: 317 (80.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 25-31)

  • Not vaccinated: 77.6
  • Partially vaccinated: 21.1
  • Fully vaccinated: 29.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 18-31)

  • Not vaccinated: 19.6
  • Partially vaccinated: 12.4
  • Fully vaccinated: 6.7

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,506,019 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

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