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.