COVID-19 on Vancouver Island: Health officials to provide update
CTV
British Columbia's top health officials will provide a live update on the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix will address the province and take questions from reporters in Victoria.
CTV News Vancouver Island will stream the news conference LIVE @ 1 p.m.
On Monday, health officials announced that 22 people in B.C. died of COVID-19 over the weekend, including five deaths in the Vancouver Island region.
Since the pandemic began, 2,873 people in B.C. have died of the disease, including 217 people in the island region.
The Health Ministry said 974 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in B.C. since Friday, including 398 cases on Saturday, 297 on Sunday and 279 on Monday.
Of those cases, 215 were reported in Island Health.
There are 549 people in hospital with COVID-19 in the province, including 85 people in intensive care.
Sixty-four patients are currently in hospital in Island Health, down from 67 reported Friday and down from 69 recorded on Feb. 22.
