There are 40 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and one more death.
Today’s news brings the provincial total to 271 cases and eight fatalities.
The one new death is yet another resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, where all of B.C.’s COVID-19 fatalities have occurred.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s top medical health official, said Thursday there are now 17 cases in hospital, nine of whom are in intensive care.
As of Thursday afternoon, there were 801 cases of the potentially deadly virus in Canada, causing 10 deaths.
Globally, there are 244,427 reported cases of the virus in 177 countries, causing 10,009 deaths. More than 87,000 cases have fully recovered.
Most of the initial deaths were in China, where the virus started late last year, but it has since spread rapidly to the rest of Asia and Europe, where South Korea, Italy and Iran being hit the hardest.
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