CANADA, April 5 – As of Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 90.9% (4,529,972) of eligible people five years of age and older in British Columbia have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87, 4% (4,358,529) received their second dose.

Additionally, 93.5% (4,333,166) of eligible people 12 years and older in British Columbia received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.1% (4,222,894) received their second dose and 57.8% (2,677,473) received a third dose.

Additionally, 93.8% (4,058,015) of all eligible adults in British Columbia received their first dose, 91.5% (3,957,889) received their second dose, and 59.5% (2,573,327 ) received a third dose.

British Columbia is reporting 258 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 357,758 cases in the province.

Note: The number of total cases and new cases is provisional and will be updated once verified in the weekly report from Thursday, April 7, 2022.

New cases include:

• Fraser Health: 76
• Vancouver Coastal Health: 37
• Inner Health: 85
• North Health: 11
• Island Health: 49
• Persons residing outside of Canada: zero

There are 334 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 35 are in intensive care.

Note: An update on the number of deaths related to COVID-19 will be provided on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

There were two new outbreaks at health care facilities in Overlander (Interior Health) and Cowichan District Hospital (Island Health), for a total of 12 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

• long-term care:
  • Monashee Mews, Parkview Place, Overlander (Inner Health)
  • The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr, Sunridge Place Seniors and Ayre Manor (Island Health)
• acute care:
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital, Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health) and Cowichan District Hospital (Island Health)
• assisted or independent living:

As of April 5, unvaccinated people made up 12% of British Columbia’s population, while they made up 17% of hospitalized COVID-19 intensive care patients.

Since December 2020, the province has administered 11,508,767 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

Learn more:

For the April 5, 2022 announcement on the next steps in British Columbia’s response to COVID-19, visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022HLTH0112-000501

To find out when to take a COVID-19 test: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/testing/when-to-get-a-covid-19-test

For more information on COVID-19 treatments, including Paxlovid: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19/treatments

For more information on booster doses, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/booster

To learn more about COVID-19 vaccines for children: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/children

For more information on a third dose for moderately to severely immunocompromised people, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/register#immunocompromised

To learn more about how British Columbia is counting its daily COVID-19 cases in hospitals, visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0058-001844

To learn more about the BC Vaccine Card and how to get yours, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/vaccinecard.html

Detailed data is published daily on the BCCDC dashboard: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data Where: www.bccdc.ca

For Provincial Health Officer prescriptions and advice, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/current-health-topics/covid- 19-novel-coronavirus

For advice on restrictions, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support/restrictions

The latest updates, including case counts, prevention, risks, and to find a testing center near you: http://www.bccdc.ca/

Or follow @CDCofBC on Twitter.