COVID-19 related deaths rose to 13 Thursday from Wednesday’s 11 as deaths continue to remain high while cases decrease with nearly 400 reported Thursday. There are 511 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 79 are in intensive care.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – COVID-19 related deaths rose to 13 Thursday from Wednesday’s 11 as deaths continue to remain high while cases decrease with nearly 400 reported Thursday.

As of Thursday, March 3, 90.6% (4,517,958) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.3% (4,303,614) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.3% (4,323,865) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.8% (4,206,659) have received their second dose and 55.9% (2,590,923) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.6% (4,049,516) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.2% (3,943,913) have received their second dose and 57.9% (2,503,289) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 391 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 349,604 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 88

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 43

* Interior Health: 100

* Northern Health: 75

* Island Health: 85

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 511 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 79 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, 13 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,896.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: four

* Vancouver Coastal Health: four

* Interior Health: three

* Northern Health: two

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Parkwood Court (Island Health). The outbreak at Rest Haven Lodge (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of 21 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
* Menno Home, Cascade Gardens Seniors Community (Fraser Health)

* Ponderosa, Overlander Residential Care, Three Links Manor, Hillside Village, Polson Long Term Care, Mission Creek Landing, Williams Lake Seniors Village, Sun Pointe Village, Gillis House (Interior Health)

* Sidney Care Home, Amica on the Gorge, Selkirk Seniors Village, Nanaimo Seniors Village, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Greenwoods and Parkwood Court (Island Health)

* acute care:
* Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living:
* Fischer Place (Interior Health)

From Feb. 23-March 1, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 19.6% of cases.
From Feb. 16-March 1, they accounted for 34.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 23-March 1) - Total 3,005

* Not vaccinated: 483 (16.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 106 (3.5%)

* Fully vaccinated: 2,416 (80.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 16-March 1) - Total 439

* Not vaccinated: 128 (29.2%)

* Partially vaccinated: 23 (5.2%)

* Fully vaccinated: 288 (65.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 23-March 1)

* Not vaccinated: 118.0

* Partially vaccinated: 57.8

* Fully vaccinated: 52.9

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 16-March 1)

* Not vaccinated: 33.7

* Partially vaccinated: 20.7

* Fully vaccinated: 6.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,355,173 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.