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Eight new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. were announced on Thursday, including B.C.’s first known case of so-called community transmission.

That case is a woman in her 50s, who lives in the Fraser Health Region. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said the woman was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in China, after visiting a doctor for what she thought was the flu.

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The woman has not travelled recently and has had no close contacts with any recent travellers. Authorities are now tracing the woman’s activities to try to determine where she may have been exposed to the virus.

Henry said this particular case was the most concerning, as it suggests additional cases in the community that have not been detected.

“We need to find out the source of her infection,” said Henry. “There’s likely at least one other person out there who’s either had this disease or has this disease and we need to find them and find their contacts, so we can stop any further transmission.”