Only eight new B.C. cases of COVID-19 identified in the past day

VICTORIA — For the first time since March 14, the number of new COVID-19 cases identified in British Columbia in a one-day period is in the single digits.

In her daily address, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported only eight new cases Tuesday (May 5), bringing the total in B.C. to 2,232.

Seventy-eight people are hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout B.C., including 21 in critical or intensive care.

In more good news, Dr. Henry noted the first long term care centre outbreak in B.C., at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, has been declared over.