Global BC

By Jon Azpiri, Global News

COVID-19 update

B.C. announces Canada’s first COVID-19 death

Mar 9, 2020 | 11:18 AM

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has announced the first COVID-19-related death in the country.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the man is one of two people at a North Vancouver care home who was diagnosed with the virus last week.

B.C. has confirmed 32 cases of COVID-19.

Henry will now provide daily updates on COVID-19 in B.C.

“We’re moving to doing it daily to keep everybody so that we have a routine for providing the information that people need,” she said.

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