As of Saturday, British Columbia has reported 424 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 10 deaths. But so far, information on exactly who was getting sick with COVID-19 has not been fully clear.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry changed that Saturday by releasing the latest epidemiological data on those cases, showing the ages of people who have contracted the disease or died from it.
The data, which spans from the beginning of the outbreak in January to March 20, shows the disease has afflicted predominantly older age groups — much like the rest of the world. “That represents the severity of this disease in older people,” Henry said.