Deaths related to COVID-19 remained steady for the second straight day with seven new deaths and over 200 cases. There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – Deaths related to COVID-19 remained steady for the second straight day with seven new deaths and over 200 cases.

As of Thursday, March 17, 90.8% (4,524,095) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.9% (4,330,237) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,328,709) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% (4,214,928) received their second dose and 56.8% (2,633,652) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,053,919) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,951,069) received their second dose and 58.7% (2,537,194) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 240 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,379 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 47

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 52

* Interior Health: 66

* Northern Health: 34

* Island Health: 41

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,960.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: three

* Vancouver Coastal Health: one

* Northern Health: two

* Island Health: one

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Greenwoods (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
* Ponderosa, Hillside Village (Interior Health)

* Sidney Care Home, Berwick House Gordon Head, The Heights at Mt. View, Luther Court and Yucalta Lodge (Island Health)

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

* assisted or independent living:
* none

From March 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.5% of cases. From March 2-15, they accounted for 27.6% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 9-15) - Total 1,662

* Not vaccinated: 238 (14.3%)

* Partially vaccinated: 37 (2.2%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,387 (83.5%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 2-15) - Total 431

* Not vaccinated: 103 (23.9%)

* Partially vaccinated: 16 (3.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 312 (72.4%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-15)

* Not vaccinated: 63.0

* Partially vaccinated: 20.4

* Fully vaccinated: 29.8

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 2-15)

* Not vaccinated: 30.5

* Partially vaccinated: 15.0

* Fully vaccinated: 6.6

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,429,442 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.