British Columbia health officials are scheduled to provide their final COVID-19 update of the week at 3 p.m. PT, Friday.
Global News will carry the event live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.
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B.C. adds another 617 COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths
Earlier Friday, the federal government said it was extending a number of emergency COVID-19 benefits.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit were each being topped up by 12 weeks, and adding 24 weeks to EI availability.
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COVID-19 emergency benefits including CRB, sickness benefit, to be extended: Trudeau
On Thursday, officials reported spikes of new cases in the Lower Mainland and in the Northern Health region.
About 92 per cent of B.C.’s 75,327 total cases have recovered, while 1,321 people have died.