B.C.’s COVID-19 update for February 24

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Posted: February 24, 2022

B.C. February 24 reported 597 new cases of COVID-19, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 346,793 cases in the province.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 194

* Fraser Health: 118

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 64

* Northern Health: 108

* Island Health: 113

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 612 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 102 are in intensive care.

In the past 24 hours, nine new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,840.

The new deaths include two in Interior Health, four in Vancouver Coastal Health, one in Fraser Health and two in Northern Health.

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks, for a total of 29 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Thursday, Feb. 24, 90.6% (4,513,956) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.0% (4,287,016) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.2% (4,320,890) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 90.7% (4,201,999) received their second dose and 55.1% (2,555,669) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.6% (4,046,874) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.1% (3,939,884) received their second dose and 57.2% (2,475,748) have received a third dose.

From Feb. 16-22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 20.6% of cases. From Feb. 9-22, they accounted for 33.4% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (Feb. 16-22) – Total 3,750

* Not vaccinated: 663 (17.7%)

* Partially vaccinated: 110 (2.9%)

* Fully vaccinated: 2,977 (79.4%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Feb. 9-22) – Total 589

* Not vaccinated: 171 (29.0%)

* Partially vaccinated: 26 (4.4%)

* Fully vaccinated: 392 (66.6%)

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