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British Columbia has announced eight new cases of COVID-19, but the provincial health officer says the additional cases are not surprising.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry says four of the new cases are people with close household contacts of previously announced cases.

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Two other cases involve people who recently returned from Iran — a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s who live in the same household.

In Ontario, officials are reporting a new case of the novel coronavirus that they say is linked to a cruise ship that left San Francisco in early February.

Peel Public Health says the man in his 60s from Mississauga, Ont., was a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship and returned to Canada on Feb. 28.

He is now considered the 23rd case of COVID-19 in the province.

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health had announced two other new cases of the virus on Thursday.