Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during a press conference with Premier John Horgan. (flickr/Gov't of B.C.)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Five new COVID-19 fatalities recorded across B.C., no new cases confirmed for Vancouver Island

May 15, 2020 | 4:20 PM

NANAIMO — The long weekend is getting started in a tragic fashion.

The ministry of health and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced five additional COVID-19 fatalities on Friday, May 15. Four were in the Fraser Health region and one in Vancouver Coastal Health.

This brings the number of fatalities in the province due to COVID-19 to 140.

A total of five people have lost their lives on Vancouver Island.

Dr. Henry announced no new cases of the respiratory virus on Vancouver Island.

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The number of confirmed cases remains at 126. The number increased by one on Thursday, May 14, but this was due to a prior data error and not a newly confirmed case.

There have been no new cases on Vancouver Island since Friday, May 8.

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