The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in British Columbia is an ongoing 2019–20 worldwide viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On January 28, British Columbia became the second province to confirm a case of COVID-19.[2] The Canadian province of British Columbia currently has the most number of cases of COVID-19 in Canada, having surpassed Ontario's case count on March 20th. As of March 20th[update], there have been 348 confirmed cases, six recoveries, and nine deaths.[1][3] As of March 20th[update], 17,912 people have been tested for the virus in British Columbia.[1]