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BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Cases Rise Above 300 With Four Deaths On Friday
- April 2, 2022
After a long streak of cases of COVID-19 in the mid to high 200s, Friday saw cases rise to above 300 with four new deaths. There are 274 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 35 are in intensive care.
By DESIBUZZCanada Staff
VICTORIA – After a long streak of cases of COVID-19 in the mid to high 200s, Friday saw cases rise to above 300 with four new deaths.
As of Friday, April 1, 90.9% (4,529,134) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% (4,354,416) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.5% (4,332,566) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.1% (4,221,814) received their second dose and 57.6% (2,669,446) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.8% (4,057,469) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.5% (3,956,975) received their second dose and 59.3% (2,566,457) have received a third dose.
B.C. is reporting 357 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 356,858 cases in the province.
The numbers of new and total cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh.
The new cases include:
* Fraser Health: 97
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 82
* Interior Health: 103
* Northern Health: 23
* Island Health: 52
* People who reside outside of Canada: zero
There are 274 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 35 are in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, four new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 3,002.
The new deaths include:
* Fraser Health: one
* Interior Health: one
* Island Health: two
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of nine facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
* Monahsee Mews and Parkview Place (Interior Health)
* The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr, Sunridge Place Seniors and Ayre Manor (Island Health)
* acute care:
* Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)
* assisted or independent living:
* none
From March 24-30, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18% of cases.
From March 17-30, they accounted for 20.9% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (March 24-30) - Total 1,608
* Not vaccinated: 261 (16.3%)
* Partially vaccinated: 28 (1.7%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,319 (82%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 17-30) - Total 382
* Not vaccinated: 67 (17.5%)
* Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.4%)
* Fully vaccinated: 302 (79.1%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 24-30)
* Not vaccinated: 73.4
* Partially vaccinated: 19.3
* Fully vaccinated: 28.5
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 17-30)
* Not vaccinated: 20.6
* Partially vaccinated: 12.5
* Fully vaccinated: 6.4
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,495,364 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.