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BC health officials report 556 new COVID-19 cases on March 16th

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The B.C. Ministry of Health reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 across the province on Tuesday March 16th, for a total of 88,929 cases since the pandemic began.

New cases were reported in these health regions:

Vancouver Coastal Health: 139
Fraser Health: 331
Island Health: 27
Interior Health: 16
Northern Health: 41

The number of active cases in BC increased from 4,987 to 4,999.

There are now a total of 280 people in hospital due to COVID-19, 84 of whom are in critical care — ICU or acute care units.

No new people have died from COVID-related causes.

The provincial death toll is 1,407.

9,511 people are under active public health monitoring after exposure to COVID-19.

A total of 82,436 people have recovered from novel coronavirus.

Outbreaks

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

The outbreak at Acropolis Manor is now over.

Outbreaks and other exposure events can be linked to from the BC Centre for Disease Control website.


More COVID-19 coverage from Victoria Buzz, including local exposures and outbreaks.


Island Health

Island Health reported 29 new cases of COVID-19 today.

The number of active cases on the island decreased by 14 cases to 202 remaining active cases.

Breakdown of cases on Vancouver Island:

  • South Vancouver Island: Active cases: 68 (-6)│ Total Cases: 734 (+7)
  • Central Vancouver Island: Active cases: 96 (-3)│ Total Cases: 1,573 (+18)
  • North Vancouver Island: Active cases: 38 (-4)│ Total Cases: 469 (+4)

13 people remain in hospital with 2 in ICU.

There were no new deaths in the Island Health region.

28 people have died since the pandemic began.

Vaccinations and Variants

To date, 424,517 (+15,414) doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC, 87,070 (+11) of which are second doses

There have been 116 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province.

Of the total number of 996 confirmed variant cases, 130 cases are active and the remaining people have recovered.

Of the total, 921 cases were of the UK variant, 41 cases were of the South Africa variant, and 34 cases of the Brazil variant.

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At the time of this publication, 121,164,950 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded worldwide. 2,679,860 have died, and 97,662,976 have recovered.

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