B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 17

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Posted: March 17, 2022

B.C. March 17 reports 240 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,379 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 66

* Fraser Health: 47

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 52

* Northern Health: 34

* Island Health: 41

There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,960.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Greenwoods (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Thursday, March 17, 90.8% (4,524,095) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.9% (4,330,237) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,328,709) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% (4,214,928) received their second dose and 56.8% (2,633,652) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,053,919) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,951,069) received their second dose and 58.7% (2,537,194) have received a third dose.

From March 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.5% of cases. From March 2-15, they accounted for 27.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 9-15) – Total 1,662

* Not vaccinated: 238 (14.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 37 (2.2%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,387 (83.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 2-15) – Total 431