B.C. health officials announced nine new cases of COVID-19 and no more deaths related to the virus Thursday.
The updates brought the province’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to 2,632 while the total death toll remains at 166.
Twenty-six people are now in hospital for treatment of COVID-19, including six people who required intensive care. While nine new COVID-19 cases were announced Thursday, health officials say that four of the cases are described as “epidemiologically-linked” cases, which are cases that come from people who have been in close contact with confirmed cases, but did not receive a coronavirus test.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says that these people may not have gotten tests because they weren’t available or because their symptoms were mild. The four cases included in today’s total were recorded between May 19 and June 4. Moving forward, daily updates will include “epi-linked” cases in their totals.This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day
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