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B.C. reports 3 new deaths and 48 new cases of COVID-19

BY , Mar 23, 2020 5:46 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

British Columbia has recorded three more deaths from COVID-19 since Saturday.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 472 people have now tested positive for the respiratory virus.

She says the three deaths were all related to long-term care facilities, including one in the Lynn Valley care centre in North Vancouver where several other deaths have occurred, and another at a care home in downtown Vancouver.

Henry says of the 472 positive cases, 33 people have been hospitalized and 14 are in intensive care.

She says 100 people now listed as ``recovered'' have been released from isolation.

In total, the virus has so far claimed the lives of 13 people in the province.

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