COVID-19 situation on Thursday afternoon.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1 at 1 p.m.
Seven COVID-19 deaths, 862 new cases as B.C. sets another new hospitalization record Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is expected to provide an update on the new B.1617 variant of interest first detected in India.Officials have confirmed 39 cases of the “double mutant” variant in B.C., which is being investigated as a possible cause of surging cases in the South Asian country.