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People with COVID-19 in intensive care has gone up in BC

359 people are in the hospital with COVID-19.

That’s according to BC Health officials, who said 51 of those are in intensive care.

The total number of hospitalizations across BC has gone down since Friday (March 11th), but there has been a slight increase in those who are in intensive care.

Over a three day period, there were 689 new cases of the virus:

  • March 11-12: 280 new cases
  • March 12-13: 211 new cases
  • March 13-14: 198 new cases

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

In that time period, 14 new deaths were reported, none of which were in Northern Health.

93.4% of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.9% received their second dose and 56.7% have received a third dose.

From March 4-10, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 17.3% of cases, and 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

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