Posted March 31, 2020 1:54 pm
British Columbia health officials are scheduled to provide their daily update on the province’s novel coronavirus pandemic response at 3 p.m. PT, Tuesday.
Global News will stream the event live here, on our Facebook page and carry it on BC1.
As of Tuesday morning, B.C. had 19 deaths and 970 lab-confirmed cases of the virus.
[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]
There were 106 people in hospital, 60 of them in intensive care.
3:24Life after spring break: B.C. students start online learning
Life after spring break: B.C. students start online learning
Earlier Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada had signed contracts with three companies to begin producing critically needed personal protective equipment for health-care workers.
B.C. has faced its own shortage of protective gear, with the province looking at ways to reduce usage, and even re-use some items.
Advertisement
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-2199808-26’); });
Story continues below advertisement
On Monday, Health Minister Adrian Dix said the province had received a shipment of one million masks, but continued to face stiff international competition as it looked to source more gear.
© 2020 Global News,