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COVID-19: 3 more deaths reported in B.C. as total deaths rise to 72, 27 new cases reported

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Health Minister Adrian Dix alongside BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, at a news conference in Vancouver on Friday, January 31st, 2020. (Photo-Connect News/Jawad Siddiqui)

British Columbia has had three more deaths from COVID-19, all of them in long-term care homes, bringing the total number of fatalities in the province to 72.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says 27 new cases of the disease have been confirmed.

That brings the total number of cases of COVID-19 in B.C. to 1,517.

She says 942 people have recovered from the illness.

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