Eight new cases of coronavirus

The provincial health officer says there are eight more cases of suspected coronavirus in B.C.

Dr. Bonnie Henry says that brings the total to 21 in the province.

Four of the new ones are related to a man that was diagnosed last week after traveling to Iran.

Two others had recently returned from Iran.

Another is a Seattle resident who was visiting family on the Lower Mainland.

The last new case is a person who was retested after being screened for the flu. This person had not been doing any travelling or had any contact with anyone that had been out of the country.