Woman Returning Home From Iran Is BC’s Sixth Coronavirus Case

A sixth presumptive case of COVID−19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province from Iran.

Passengers wearing respiratory masks walk across a terminal towards the check in counter at Rome's airport in Italy on Jan. 31, 2020. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images

OTTAWA—A sixth presumptive case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province from Iran, bringing the total number of cases in Canada to nine.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said on Feb. 20, the latest patient’s case is relatively mild and a number of her close contacts have already been put in isolation.