B.C.’s top doctor announced three new deaths and 35 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, while continuing to urge people to stay home during the Easter long weekend.
The province has now confirmed 1,445 cases of COVID-19, 58 of whom have died. No new outbreaks have been confirmed at any additional long-term care facilities in B.C., provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry said, where over 200 of the province’s cases have been reported. Twenty seniors’ homes are currently seeing outbreaks.
However, Henry said five people of the 28 inmates and corrections officers at the federal medium-security Mission Institution who have contracted COVID-19 are now in hospital. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest