
Health officials in B.C. are reporting the first death in an Indigenous community from COVID-19, as the province’s death toll reaches an even 100 today.
Dr. Bonnie Henry also reported 95 new cases province-wide; those include two new cases in the Interior Health Authority. Today marks the largest single-day jump in new cases, passing the previous high in B.C. of 92, back on March 28.
The majority of those new cases are linked to existing outbreaks; Henry says 40 of those cases are linked to the Mission Institution, which now has seen 118 cases, including 106 inmates and 12 staff. She says all 300 inmates at that jail have now been tested.
Henry also says 16 other new cases are linked to the United Poultry plant in East Vancouver, which has now seen 45 cases.
One new case in B.C. today is also linked to the outbreak at the Kearl Lake oil sands project near Fort McMurray, bringing the total cases in B.C. from that camp to 11.
The locations of the two new deaths reported today are not clear; Henry did not immediately give specifics, but her voice cracked when speaking about the woman who has died from the virus in a First Nations community.
There have now been 1,948 confirmed COVID-19 cases in B.C., including 160 in Interior Health.
Meanwhile, there are 91 people in hospital province-wide with the virus, compared to 91 yesterday, as well as 41 people in critical care.
There are now 1,137 people considered fully recovered from the virus.
More to come. Watch this story for updates.













