B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 9

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Posted: March 9, 2022

B.C. March 9 reported 274 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 351,415 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 84

* Fraser Health: 48

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 36

* Northern Health: 29

* Island Health: 77

There are 405 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 58 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, 14 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,929.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Luther Court (Island Health), for a total of 15 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Wednesday, March 9, 90.7% (4,521,087) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.6% (4,315,064) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.3% (4,326,413) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.8% (4,210,619) have received their second dose, and 56.3% (2,610,544) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,051,827) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,947,377) have received their second dose, and 58.2% (2,519,018) have received a third dose.

From March 1-7, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.7% of cases and from Feb. 22 to March 7, they accounted for 30.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 1-7) – Total 2,306

* Not vaccinated: 374 (16.2%)

* Partially vaccinated: 58 (2.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,874 (81.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 22 to March 7) – Total 398

* Not vaccinated: 100 (25.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 21 (5.3%)

* Fully vaccinated: 277 (69.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 1-7)

* Not vaccinated: 103.9

* Partially vaccinated: 35.7