Three more people have died of COVID-19 in B.C. in recent days, provincial officials said Monday, all of them residents at the same long-term care home in North Vancouver.
Three more people have died of COVID-19 in B.C. in recent days, provincial officials said Monday, all of them linked to the same North Vancouver care home that reported the first coronavirus-related death in Canada.
Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed the fatalities on Monday, bringing the country’s total number of deaths linked to the pandemic to four. All of the deaths stem from an outbreak at the Lynn Valley Care Centre home in North Vancouver, B.C., which first sickened a cluster of residents and staff earlier this month.
Henry, the provincial health officer, also said 30 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in B.C. since Saturday. The new cases bring B.C.’s total to 103.
“It has been a challenging weekend and a weekend of change as we watch what is happening,” Henry said, speaking from Victoria on Monday. “The situation is escalating around us, and here in British Columbia as well.”
Henry said six patients are in hospital in acute care, while the others are in stable condition and isolating at home. Five people have fully recovered, although Henry said there are “many more” whose symptoms have been resolved. Test results are needed to positively confirm full recoveries.
The new cases were found in the Fraser Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, Interior Health and Island Health regions.
The province’s top doctor said at least four of the latest cases are connected to a dental conference that was held in Vancouver March 6-7, which had nearly 15,000 people in attendance. One ca