Canada has its first conoravirus death.
A British Columbia resident from north Vancouver is the first person to die of COVID-19 in Canada.
The death was announced at a news conference this afternoon.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's provincial health officer, confirms a man in his 80s with pre-existing conditions died Sunday night after contracting the new coronavirus at a long-term care facility in North Vancouver.
Henry says a second health care worker at that facility has also been diagnosed with COVID-19 and she is in isolation at home and doing well.
She says two close contacts of the woman, a man in his 50s and a male teenager, are all also in isolation at home and doing well.
Meantime, Canada's top public-health doctor now recommends Canadians avoid travelling on all cruise ships to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus.