There is cause for concern as hospitalization rose to above 300 in a long while after a continued trend downwards while cases of COVID-19 remained stuck in the mid to high 200s. The province also said that they won’t be releasing the number of COVID-19 related deaths till Thursday. Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 357,500 cases in the province: April 1-2: 274 new cases, April 2-3: 199 new cases and April 3-4: 255 new cases.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – There is cause for concern as hospitalization rose to above 300 in a long while after a continued trend downwards while cases of COVID-19 remained stuck in the mid to high 200s. The province also said that they won’t be releasing the number of COVID-19 related deaths till Thursday.

As of Monday, April 4, 90.9% (4,529,623) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.4% (4,357,946) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.5% (4,332,849) of eligible people 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.1% (4,222,535) received their second dose and 57.7% (2,675,686) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.8% (4,057,726) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.5% (3,957,573) received their second dose and 59.5% (2,571,726) have received a third dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 357,500 cases in the province:

* April 1-2: 274 new cases

* April 2-3: 199 new cases

* April 3-4: 255 new cases

The numbers of total and new cases are provisional and will be updated when verified in the weekly report starting Thursday, April 7, 2022.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 218

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 151

* Interior Health: 168

* Northern Health: 36

* Island Health: 154

* People who reside outside of Canada: one

There are 321 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 36 are in intensive care.

An update on number of deaths related to COVID-19 will be provided on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health), for a total of 10 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 and Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living:
* none

From March 25-31, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 18.6% of cases. From March 18-31, they accounted for 20% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 25-31) - Total 1,682

* Not vaccinated: 282 (16.8%)

* Partially vaccinated: 31 (1.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,369 (81.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 18-31) - Total 396

* Not vaccinated: 66 (16.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.3%)

* Fully vaccinated: 317 (80.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 25-31)

* Not vaccinated: 77.6

* Partially vaccinated: 21.1

* Fully vaccinated: 29.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 18-31)

* Not vaccinated: 19.6

* Partially vaccinated: 12.4

* Fully vaccinated: 6.7

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,506,019 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.