B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 1

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Posted: March 1, 2022

B.C. March 1 reported 466 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 348,771 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 193

* Fraser Health: 101

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 31

* Northern Health: 45

* Island Health: 95

There are 523 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 83 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,873.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 28 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Tuesday, March 1, 90.6% (4,516,750) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.3% (4,300,859) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.3% (4,322,900) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.7% (4,205,277) received their second dose and 55.7% (2,584,127) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.6% (4,048,659) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.2% (3,942,697) received their second dose and 57.7% (2,497,606) have received a third dose.

From Feb. 21-27, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.4% of cases. From Feb. 14-27, they accounted for 34.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 21-27) – Total 3,022

* Not vaccinated: 480 (15.9%)

* Partially vaccinated: 105 (3.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 2,437 (80.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 14-27) – Total 438

* Not vaccinated: 132 (30.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 20 (4.6%)

* Fully vaccinated: 286 (65.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 21-27)

* Not vaccinated: 115.0

* Partially vaccinated: 54.8