B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 28

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Posted: February 28, 2022

Over a three-day period, B.C. is Feb. 28 reporting 974 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 348,305 cases in the province:

* Feb. 25-26: 398 new cases;

* Feb. 26-27: 297 new cases;

* Feb. 27-28: 279 new cases.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 319

* Fraser Health: 230

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 100

* Northern Health: 110

* Island Health: 215

There are 549 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 85 are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, 22 new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,873.

The new deaths include four in Interior Health, five in Fraser Health, two in Vancouver Coastal Health, six in Northern Health and five in Island Health.

There have been two new health-care facility outbreaks at Sun Pointe Village and Fischer Place (Interior Health). The outbreak at Trinity Care Centre (Interior Health) has been declared over, for a total of 28 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Monday, Feb. 28, 90.6% (4,516,465) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.3% (4,299,888) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.3% (4,322,690) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.7% (4,204,895) have received their second dose and 55.7% (2,580,562) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.6% (4,048,472) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.1% (3,942,366) have received their second dose and 57.7% (2,494,701) have received a third dose.

From Feb. 18-24, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 20.7% of cases. From Feb. 11-24, they accounted for 32.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 18-24) – Total 3,467

* Not vaccinated: 599 (17.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 118 (3.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 2,750 (79.3%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 11-24) – Total 569

* Not vaccinated: 163 (28.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 24 (4.2%)

* Fully vaccinated: 382 (67.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 18-24)

* Not vaccinated: 139.9

* Partially vaccinated: 53.5