British Columbia health officials are scheduled to provide their daily update on the province’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic at 1:30 p.m. PT.
Global News will stream the event live here and on our Facebook page and carry it on BC1.
[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]
At B.C.’s last update on Saturday, the province announced its 17th death and raised the count of provincially confirmed cases to 884.
![](https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/rjb10355283-1.jpg")
![](https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/22958017.jpg")
The province reported that 396 people had fully recovered from the disease, meaning 471 confirmed cases remained active.
As of Saturday, 81 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, 52 of them in intensive care — double the number of people in the ICU on Thursday.
Source: Read Full Article