British Columbia had the sad duty to report on the first death of a patient who had contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus, with Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix holding a news briefing earlier today in Victoria.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that a resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, a man in his 80s who was previously confirmed positive with COVID-19 (case 27), passed away. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his loved ones, and the staff who provided him care, during this difficult time."
In the update, the province also made note of give new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, once again centred in the Lower mainland area, the new case files brings the British Columbia total to 32.
“Two of the new cases (case 28, 29) are close contacts of case 21, who is a health-care worker at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver. Case 28 is a man in his teens and case 29 is a man in his 50s. Case 30 is a woman in her 40s and is also a health-care worker at the Lynn Valley Care Centre. They all live in the Fraser Valley health region.
Public health teams continue to investigate the source of the outbreak at the care centre.
Case 31 is a woman is her 50s who recently returned from travel in Iran. Case 32 is a man in his 30s who recently returned from travel to Italy. They both live in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
As part of our COVID-19 response, public health teams undertake source tracing and notification of close contacts, in addition to risk assessments to determine appropriate action to protect British Columbians."
The province also noted that three COVID-19 patients are currently receiving care in hospital, while all other patients in the province are stable and in isolation at home.
The update also outlined concerns over the high risk of transmission through cruise ships, as well as the potential for transmission from large and small events.
Their recommendations to the public and other notes of interest related to today's update can be reviewed here.
The British Columbia numbers now bring the total number of known cases in Canada to 77, Ontario has recorded 34 cases, Alberta 7 and Quebec has listed for cases to this point.
The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.
Federal Government site
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The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.
With no cases of COVID-19 recorded in Northern BC to this point, for the most part, Northern Health is defaulting to the provincial information flow.
You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.
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