COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop, no new deaths recorded in B.C.

VICTORIA — The Health Ministry says there have been no more deaths related to COVID-19 in British Columbia.

B.C. reported 254 hospitalizations on Tuesday, a slight drop from Monday when there were 271 people in hospital.

It says 48 people were in intensive care. 

No new outbreaks have been declared in health-care facilities since Monday, and three others have ended. 

That leaves five facilities with ongoing outbreaks across the health-care system.

The government says 91 per cent of eligible people aged 12 and up have had their second dose of a vaccine and 57.1 per cent of those have had a third dose.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 22, 2022.

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