OVER a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 556 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 355,648 cases:

* March 25-26: 207 new cases

* March 26-27: 197 new cases

* March 27-28: 152 new cases

The new cases include:

* Fraser Health: 110

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 109

* Interior Health: 144

* Northern Health: 42

* Island Health: 151

* People who reside outside of Canada: zero

There are 288 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 48 are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,989.

The new deaths include:

* Fraser Health: two

* Vancouver Coastal Health: two

* Island Health: two

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks.

The outbreak at Hillside Village (Interior Health) has been declared over.

There is a total of six facilities with ongoing outbreaks:

* long-term care:
– The Heights at Mt. View, Selkirk Seniors Village, Amica Douglas House, Acacia Ty Mawr and Sunridge Place Seniors (Island Health)

* acute care:
– Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health)

* assisted or independent living:
– none