VANCOUVER -- Health authorities across Canada are working hard to contain the spread of COVID-19, but the number of cases in British Columbia is continuing to climb almost daily. Here's a list of all 39 patients identified in the province so far, including the four who have recovered from the virus.
Announced Jan. 28:
Case 1: A man in his 40s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who recently travelled to Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the COVID-19 outbreak. He has since recovered from the virus, meaning he is asymptomatic and was cleared by two consecutive tests performed 24 hours apart.
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Announced Feb. 4:
Case 2: A woman in her 50s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. She is believed to have caught the virus from one of her houseguests visiting from Wuhan (Cases 3 and 4). She has recovered from the virus.
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Announced Feb. 6:
Cases 3 and 4: A man and woman in their 30s from Wuhan, China who came to B.C. to visit a woman in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Both have recovered from the virus.
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Announced Feb 14:
Case 5: A woman in her 30s who lives in the Interior Health region and recently travelled to Shanghai, China.
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Announced Feb. 20:
Case 6: A woman in her 30s who lives in the Fraser Health region and recently travelled to Iran.
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Announced Feb. 24:
Case 7: A man in his 40s from the Fraser Health region who is a close contact of Case 6.
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Announced Feb. 29:
Case 8: A woman in her 60s from Tehran, Iran who travelled to B.C. in late February. She's staying with family in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
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Announced March 3:
Case 9: A man in his 50s who lives in the Fraser Health region and recently travelled to Iran.
Case 10: A man in his 60s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently travelled to Iran.
Case 11: A woman who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently travelled to Iran. Her age has not been released.
Case 12: A woman in her 30s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently travelled to Iran. She is also a "close contact" of Case 8.
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Announced March 4:
Case 13: A woman in her 80s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who recently travelled to India and Hong Kong. She has underlying medical conditions and suffered severe symptoms due to her COVID-19 infection that left her in critical condition at Vancouver General Hospital.
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Announced March 5:
Cases 14, 15, 16 and 17: A man in his 20s, a man in his 30s, a woman in her 50s and a woman in her 60s. They are all "close contacts" with Case 10.
Cases 18 and 19: A woman in her 60s and a man in his 60s who live in the same home and recently travelled to Iran.
Case 20: A woman in her 60s from the Seattle, Wash. area who frequently travels to B.C. She is being kept in isolation with family in the Fraser Health region.
Case 21: B.C.'s first recorded case of community transmission, meaning the patient has not recently travelled to COVID-19 affected countries or come into contact with known carriers of the virus. She is a woman in her 50s who is a health worker at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver.
Announced March 7:
Case 22: A man in his 50s from the Fraser Health region who recently travelled to Iran.
Cases 23 and 24: A man and woman in their 60s who were passengers on the Grand Princess cruise ship from Feb. 11 to 21. They are being treated in the Fraser Health region.
Case 25: A woman in her 50s who is a "close household contact" of Case 22.
Cases 26: A resident of Lynn Valley Care Centre where Case 21 works.
Case 27: The first person in Canada to die after contracting COVID-19. He was a man in his 80s who also lived at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
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Announced March 9:
Case 28: A male teenager from the Fraser Health region who is a close contact of Case 21, the health worker from Lynn Valley Care Centre.
Case 29: A man in his 50s from the Fraser Health region who is also a close contact of Case 21.
Case 30: A woman in her 40s from the Fraser Health region who is also a health worker at Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver.
Case 31: A woman in her 50s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who recently travelled to Iran.
Case 32: A man in his 30s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who recently travelled to Italy.
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Announced March 10:
Case 33: A woman in her 40s who works at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
Case 34: A woman in her 50s who works at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
Case 35: A woman in her 60s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently returned from a trip to Egypt. That vacation included a cruise on the Nile.
Case 36: A man in his 90s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who was on the Grand Princess cruise ship that ended up quarantined in California.
Case 37: A man in his 40s from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who recently returned from a trip to Germany.
Case 38: Believed to be B.C.'s second case of community transmission. He is a man in his 90s from the Fraser Health region who is being treated in a hospital intensive care unit.
Case 39: Believed to be B.C.'s third case of community transmission. He is a man in his 40s from the Fraser Health region who is being kept in isolation at home.
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Announced March 11:
Case 40: A man in his 20s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and works at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
Case 41: Another community case. She is a woman in her 60s from the Fraser Health region whose infection was discovered through laboratory surveillance. She is being treated in hospital.
Case 42: A man in his 70s from Egypt who is visiting family in the Fraser Health region.
Case 43: A man in his 70s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently returned from a trip to Egypt.
Case 44: Another community case. He is a man in his 60s from the Fraser Health region whose infection was discovered through laboratory surveillance.
Case 45: A woman in her 50s who lives in the Fraser Health region and works at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
Case 46: A man in his 60s who lives in the Island Health region, which includes Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. He also recently travelled to Egypt.
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Announced March 12:
Case 47: A man in his 90s who lives at the Hollyburn House retirement residence in West Vancouver.
Cases 48 and 49: A man and woman who are health care workers at both Hollyburn House and Lynn Valley Care Centre. They are both in their 40s and live in the Fraser Health region.
Case 50: A man in his 40s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health and recently travelled to the United Kingdom.
Cases 51 and 52: A man and woman in their 40s who live in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently returned from a group trip to Egypt.
Case 53: Another community case. He is a man in his 50s whose infection was discovered through laboratory surveillance. He is self-isolating at home in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
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Announced March 13:
Cases 54 to 65: Health officials said they will no longer be providing as much information on individual cases as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow. They did not provide genders, approximate ages or individual case numbers for the 11 cases announced Friday.
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