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B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 4
B.C. March 4 reported 340 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 349,944 cases in the province.
The new cases include:
* Interior Health: 113
* Fraser Health: 71
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 41
* Northern Health: 50
* Island Health: 65
There are 484 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 69 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, eight new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,903.
The new deaths include one Interior Health, two in Fraser Health, one in Vancouver Coastal Health and four in Island Health.
Note: One reported death has been removed from the total due to a data correction.
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Polson Long Term Care (Interior Health) has been declared over.
As of Friday, March 4, 90.7% (4,518,800) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.4% (4,305,507) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.3% (4,324,618) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.8% (4,207,603) have received their second dose, and 56.0% (2,594,873) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.6% (4,050,202) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.2% (3,944,763) received their second dose, and 58.0% (2,506,597) have received a third dose.
From Feb. 24 to March 2, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.2% of cases and from Feb. 17 to March 2, they accounted for 33.1% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (Feb. 24 to March 2) – Total 2,769
* Not vaccinated: 444 (16.0%)
* Partially vaccinated: 89 (3.2%)
* Fully vaccinated: 2,236 (80.8%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 17 to March 2) – Total 420
* Not vaccinated: 118 (28.1%)
* Partially vaccinated: 21 (5.0%)
* Fully vaccinated: 281 (66.9%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 24 to March 2)
* Not vaccinated: 109.3
* Partially vaccinated: 52.0
* Fully vaccinated: 49.3
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 17 to March 2)
* Not vaccinated: 30.2
* Partially vaccinated: 18.6
* Fully vaccinated: 6.0
Since December 2020, the province has administered 11,361,559 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
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