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Coronavirus outbreak: 11 new deaths in B.C. as total number of cases nears 1,500 | FULL

B.C. has recorded 11 COVID-19 deaths since Saturday, says B.C.’s provincial health officer.

A visibly emotional Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the majority of those new deaths were linked to outbreaks in seniors’ care homes.

The virus has now killed 69 British Columbians — more than half of them in seniors’ facilities.

British Columbia confirmed 45 new cases Monday, bringing the provincial total to 1,490 lab-confirmed cases of the virus — about two thirds of whom have fully recovered.

More than 250 of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases are linked to outbreaks in 20 Metro Vancouver seniors’ homes.

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