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BC: 5 deaths and 43 new cases of COVID-19 reported, total number of cases go past 1,000
BY , Mar 31, 2020 11:35 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry responds to questions during a news conference about the provincial response to the coronavirus, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry says there are 43 new cases of COVID-19 in BC.
Henry says there were also five more deaths in the Fraser and Coastal Health regions, which means 24 people have died from the disease in BC.
The total number of cases is 1,013, with 61 people in intensive care.
Henry says outbreaks have now been reported at 19 long term care centres, but there are still only two major outbreaks with most other facilities reporting just one case.
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