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B.C. COVID-19 Cases Jump to 424

There are 74 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death in B.C., pushing the total number of cases to 424.

The death is from the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver.

That brings the total deaths to 10 with nine at the facility and one of the new cases is also connected to the centre.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also called for personal service businesses like tattoo and massage parlours and salons, to close.

Henry says 230 of them are in the Vancouver Coastal Health Region, 27 in Interior Health, four in Northern Health, and 126 in Fraser Health.

Six cases have recovered.

 

*** Story by Wendy Gray/Bradley Jones ***

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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