has confirmed 673 more cases of COVID-19 and 21 more people have died of the disease, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Thursday. Stay informed by joining our CBC Vancouver Facebook group on COVID-19To date, 44,776 have had confirmed cases of the disease in B.C. health-care system have received the COVID-19 vaccine this week, and she expects more doses of the vaccine to arrive weekly from now on. New testing guidelines announcedAlso on Thursday, Henry announced new guidelines for COVID-19 testing. Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., has fired some of its employees for breaking a social responsibility contract, after health officials announced that 60 confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been linked to the resort.

Source: CBC News December 17, 2020 22:28 UTC