B.C. health officials will provide an update on the novel coronavirus pandemic in the province on Monday morning. Provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Seventy-six new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Saturday, bringing B.C.’s total to 424.
Officials also confirmed that a 10th person has died from the virus, again linked to the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver.
Nine of the 10 COVID-19 deaths in B.C. have been linked to that facility. Twenty-seven people are in hospital, with 12 of them in intensive care.