B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 11

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Posted: March 11, 2022

On March 11, the second anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. reports 288 new cases of COVID-19, including two epi-linked cases, for a total of 352,039 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 93

* Fraser Health: 71

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 47

* Northern Health: 30

* Island Health: 47

There are 368 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 46 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, three new deaths (Fraser Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 2,935.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 14 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Friday, March 11, 90.7% (4,522,145) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.6% (4,318,406) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,327,290) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% (4,212,056) received their second dose and 56.4% (2,616,170) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,052,632) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,948,614) received their second dose and 58.4% (2,523,786) have received a third dose.

From March 3-9, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.0% of cases. From Feb. 24 to March 9, they accounted for 28.7% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 3-9) – Total 2,069

* Not vaccinated: 318 (15.4%)

* Partially vaccinated: 53 (2.6%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,698 (82.0%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 24 to March 9) – Total 373

* Not vaccinated: 87 (23.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 20 (5.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 266 (71.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 3-9)

* Not vaccinated: 88.1

* Partially vaccinated: 30.8