VICTORIA – As of Monday, March 28, 2022, 90.8% (4,527,693) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.3% (4,350,266) have received their second dose.
In addition, 93.4% (4,331,308) of eligible people 12 and older have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91% (4,219,816) received their second dose and 57.4% (2,661,745) have received a third dose.
Also, 93.8% (4,056,300) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.4% (3,955,179) received their second dose and 59.2% (2,559,757) have received a third dose.
Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 556 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 355,648 cases:
* March 25-26: 207 new cases
* March 26-27: 197 new cases
* March 27-28: 152 new cases
The new cases include:
* Fraser Health: 110
* Vancouver Coastal Health: 109
* Interior Health: 144
* Northern Health: 42
* Island Health: 151
* People who reside outside of Canada: zero
There are 288 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 48 are in intensive care.
In the past 72 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,989.
The new deaths include:
* Fraser Health: two
* Vancouver Coastal Health: two
* Island Health: two
There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Hillside Village (Interior Health) has been declared over, for a total of six facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:
* long-term care:
* The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr and Sunridge Place Seniors (Island Health)
* acute care:
* Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)
* assisted or independent living:
* none
From March 18-24, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.1% of cases. From March 11-24, they accounted for 24.8% of hospitalizations.
Past week cases (March 18-24) – Total 1,486
* Not vaccinated: 217 (14.6%)
* Partially vaccinated: 22 (1.5%)
* Fully vaccinated: 1,247 (83.9%)
Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 11-24) – Total 391
* Not vaccinated: 82 (21%)
* Partially vaccinated: 15 (3.8%)
* Fully vaccinated: 294 (75.2%)
Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 18-24)
* Not vaccinated: 61.6
* Partially vaccinated: 16.8
* Fully vaccinated: 26.7
Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 11-24)
* Not vaccinated: 23.3
* Partially vaccinated: 13.4
* Fully vaccinated: 6.2
Since December 2020, the Province has administered 11,481,922 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.