Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the westernmost province of British Columbia announced on Monday.
The victim, a senior residing at an elderly care facility, “was infected with COVID-19 (and) passed away last night,” the province’s health officer Bonnie Henry told reporters.
British Columbia’s Health Minister Adrian Dix said the victim was a man but did not give his age.
Henry said he had been a resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver. Two other residents and a caregiver had also tested positive for the disease.
The long-term care facility has a capacity for around 200 elderly people.
Canada has recorded at least 71 confirmed or presumed coronavirus cases. Most are in the most populated province, Ontario, or in British Columbia.
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