Ottawa: The latest provincial and territorial data indicate that over 81% of the total population are now fully vaccinated in the Canada.
Age-specific vaccine coverage data, as of March 20, 2022, show that over 88% of people 12 years or older have at least one dose and over 84% are fully vaccinated, while among children aged 5-11 years of age, 57% have at least one dose, data revealed.
All told, over 5.2 million eligible Canadians need one or more doses to complete their primary series and many others are eligible to get a booster dose to help improve protection that may have decreased since their second dose and to provide even better protection against severe illness from Omicron.While severe illness trends continue to decline nationally, there is regional variability.
The latest provincial and territorial data shows that the average number of people with COVID-19 being treated in hospitals each day during the most recent 7-day period (Mar 18-24, 2022), was 7.4% lower than last week. During the same time period, the number of people who were being treated in intensive care units (ICU) daily decreased by 15.3% compared to the prior week, and an average of 34 deaths were reported daily (Mar 18-24, 2022).