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8 COVID-19 related deaths in Canada so far, Total cases-598

BY , Mar 18, 2020 12:40 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

There have now been eight COVID-19 deaths in Canada, as BC reports another three fatalities hours after Ontario announced its first death.

BC's provincial health officer says six of the deaths stem from a care home in North Vancouver, while a man in his 80s died on Monday in hospital in the Fraser Health region Health officials in Ontario say the 77-year-old man in the Muskoka region was not a confirmed case, but the illness was discovered after his death, the cause of which remains under investigation.

BC, Ontario and Alberta have also declared public health emergencies today.

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