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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 24
B.C. March 24 reports 271 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 354,874 cases in the province.
The new cases include:
* Interior Health: 96
* Fraser Health: 54
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 30
* Northern Health: 31
* Island Health: 60
* People who reside outside of Canada: zero
There are 255 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,981.
The new deaths include one in Interior Health, three in Fraser Health and two in Northern Health.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Yucalta Lodge (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of four facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
As of Thursday, March 24, 90.8% (4,526,648) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.1% (4,343,349) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.4% (4,330,646) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.0% (4,218,320) received their second dose and 57.2% (2,651,042) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.8% (4,055,710) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.4% (3,953,946) received their second dose and 59.0% (2,550,870) have received a third dose.
From March 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.1% of cases. From March 9-22, they accounted for 25.9% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (March 16-22) – Total 1,438
* Not vaccinated: 204 (14.2%)
* Partially vaccinated: 27 (1.9%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,207 (83.9%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 9-22) – Total 393
* Not vaccinated: 87 (22.1%)
* Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.8%)
* Fully vaccinated: 291 (74.1%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 16-22)
* Not vaccinated: 62.4
* Partially vaccinated: 21.4
* Fully vaccinated: 25.7
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-22)
* Not vaccinated: 25.2
* Partially vaccinated: 13.9
* Fully vaccinated: 6.2
Since December 2020, the province has administered 11,462,806 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead image: Geographic distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of case residence. BC Centre for Disease Control
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