British Columbia health officials are slated to provide their latest update on the province’s novel coronavirus response at 3 p.m.
PT on Thursday. Global News will stream the briefing live here and on our Facebook page and will carry it on BC1. Officials are expected to provide their usual progress update, along with a new round of epidemic modelling.
Earlier Thursday, the federal government announced a new one-time, $300 COVID-19 support payment for seniors in July. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] New federal modelling on Thursday also projected up to 9,400 coronavirus deaths nationally by mid-June.