British Columbia health officials are scheduled to provide their daily update on the province’s novel coronavirus pandemic response at 3 p.m.
PT, Tuesday. Global News will stream the event live here, on our Facebook page and carry it on BC1. As of Tuesday morning, B.C.
had 19 deaths and 970 lab-confirmed cases of the virus. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] There were 106 people in hospital, 60 of them in intensive care.
Earlier Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada had signed contracts with three companies to begin producing critically needed personal protective equipment for health-care workers.