Cases of COVID-19 remained steady with over 200 on Thursday but deaths rose as six more people died from the virus. There are 255 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – Cases of COVID-19 remained steady with over 200 on Thursday but deaths rose as six more people died from the virus. 

As of Thursday, March 24, 90.8% (4,526,648) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.1% (4,343,349) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,330,646) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.0% (4,218,320) received their second dose and 57.2% (2,651,042) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.8% (4,055,710) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.4% (3,953,946) received their second dose and 59.0% (2,550,870) have received a third dose.

B.C. is reporting 271 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 354,874 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 54

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 30

* Interior Health: 96

* Northern Health: 31

* Island Health: 60

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 255 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 52 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,981.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: three

* Interior Health: one

* Northern Health: two

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

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

* The Heights at Mt. View and Selkirk Seniors Village (Island Health)

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

* assisted or independent living:
* none

From March 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.1% of cases. From March 9-22, they accounted for 25.9% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 16-22) - Total 1,438

* Not vaccinated: 204 (14.2%)

* Partially vaccinated: 27 (1.9%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,207 (83.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 9-22) - Total 393

* Not vaccinated: 87 (22.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.8%)

* Fully vaccinated: 291 (74.1%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 16-22)

* Not vaccinated: 62.4

* Partially vaccinated: 21.4

* Fully vaccinated: 25.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 9-22)

* Not vaccinated: 25.2

* Partially vaccinated: 13.9

* Fully vaccinated: 6.2

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,462,806 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.