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BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Cases Remain Low But Deaths Rise To 14 Wednesday
- March 10, 2022
Cases of COVID-19 remained low Wednesday but deaths again reached double digits with 14 new deaths and over 200 cases. There are 405 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 58 are in intensive care.
By DESIBUZZCanada Staff
VICTORIA – Cases of COVID-19 remained low Wednesday but deaths again reached double digits with 14 new deaths and over 200 cases.
As of Wednesday, March 9, 90.7% (4,521,087) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.6% (4,315,064) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.3% (4,326,413) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.8% (4,210,619) have received their second dose, and 56.3% (2,610,544) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.7% (4,051,827) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,947,377) have received their second dose, and 58.2% (2,519,018) have received a third dose.
B.C. is reporting 274 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 351,415 cases in the province.
The new cases include:
* Fraser Health: 48
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 36
* Interior Health: 84
* Northern Health: 29
* Island Health: 77
* People who reside outside of Canada: zero
There are 405 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 58 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, 14 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,929.
The new deaths include:
* Fraser Health: six
* Vancouver Coastal Health: three
* Island Health: five
There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Luther Court (Island Health), for a total of 15 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
* Ponderosa, Overlander Residential Care, Hillside Village, Mission Creek Landing, Williams Lake Seniors Village, Gillis House (Interior Health)
* Sidney Care Home, Selkirk Seniors Village, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Greenwoods, Parkwood Court and Luther Court (Island Health)
* acute care:
* Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)
* assisted or independent living:
* Fischer Place (Interior Health)
From March 1-7, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.7% of cases and from Feb. 22 to March 7, they accounted for 30.4% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (March 1-7) - Total 2,306
* Not vaccinated: 374 (16.2%)
* Partially vaccinated: 58 (2.5%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,874 (81.3%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 22 to March 7) - Total 398
* Not vaccinated: 100 (25.1%)
* Partially vaccinated: 21 (5.3%)
* Fully vaccinated: 277 (69.6%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 1-7)
* Not vaccinated: 103.9
* Partially vaccinated: 35.7
* Fully vaccinated: 40.3
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 22 to March 7)
* Not vaccinated: 27.0
* Partially vaccinated: 19.6
* Fully vaccinated: 5.9
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,388,672 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.