While daily cases of COVID-19 continued to decline, deaths are still with us. There were 14 new deaths from the Friday to Monday period and over 600 cases for the three days. BC is reporting 689 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 352,728 cases in the province: March 11-12: 280 new cases, March 12-13: 211 new cases and March 13-14: 198 new cases.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

VICTORIA – While daily cases of COVID-19 continued to decline, deaths are still with us. There were 14 new deaths from Friday to Monday period and over 600 cases for the three days.

As of Monday, March 14, 90.7% (4,523,071) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.8% (4,325,516) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,327,933) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% (4,213,393) received their second dose and 56.7% (2,626,013) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,053,200) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.3% (3,949,742) received their second dose and 58.5% (2,531,338) have received a third dose.

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 689 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 352,728 cases in the province:

* March 11-12: 280 new cases

* March 12-13: 211 new cases

* March 13-14: 198 new cases

The numbers of new and total cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh.

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 213

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 166

* Interior Health: 150

* Northern Health: 58

* Island Health: 102

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 359 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 51 are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, 14 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,946.

Note: Three reported deaths have been removed from the total due to a data correction.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: seven

* Vancouver Coastal Health: five

* Interior Health: two

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 13 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

* long-term care:
* Ponderosa, Hillside Village, Mission Creek Landing, Williams Lake Seniors Village (Interior Health)

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

* acute care:
* none

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

From March 4-10, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.3% of cases. From Feb. 25 to March 10, they accounted for 29.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 4-10) - Total 2,023

* Not vaccinated: 297 (14.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 53 (2.6%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,673 (82.7%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 25 to March 10) - Total 381

* Not vaccinated: 94 (24.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 18 (4.7%)

* Fully vaccinated: 269 (70.6%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 4-10)

* Not vaccinated: 81.4

* Partially vaccinated: 31.3

* Fully vaccinated: 35.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Feb. 25 to March 10)

* Not vaccinated: 27.9

* Partially vaccinated: 17.0

* Fully vaccinated: 5.7

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,416,368 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.