Burnaby has 4 active outbreaks of COVID-19, and 3 others now die after testing positive at one site.
The new Vista Care Home on Rosewood Street has 22 other people who tested positive for the virus, according to an update emailed to residents’ families and shared with NOW.
Of the 22 cases, 14 were citizens and 8 were Array, the email said. The outbreak began with a member.
“Ten citizens with COVID are cared for through our clinical team in isolation areas,” the email says. “A resident and one staff member recovered and, unfortunately, three citizens died. Under the leadership of Fraser Health (FHA), we evaluated more than two hundred citizens and employees, and the vast majority of tests were negative. According to FHA instructions, all citizens eat their food in their rooms and have been removed from other citizens. All mandatory nursing home visits, where citizens are in palliative care, remain suspended until further notice. »
The most recent positive cases adhere to 3 other “outbreaks,” the term used in Fraser Health, in Burnathrough nursing homes. A resident of the George Derthrough Center in Burnathrough recently tested positive for COVID-19, and The staff at Derthrough Manor and Dania Home of Burnathrough also tested positive in a few weeks. A Stay Fresh worker in Metropolis in Metrotown tested positive and this store temporarily closed. For more information, click here.
According to an update published Tuesday through provincial fitness officials, 58 new cases have been identified, adding a suspicious or “ear-related” case, meaning that since the start of the pandemic, British Columbia has discovered 5,242 cases of COVID-19. Of those patients, 4,114 recovered and 203 died.
Those who fight infections that are not hospitalized self-a claim at home. There are also 2675 other people who are under active public fitness surveillance due to known exposure to known cases.
The distribution of all COVID-19 infections in the province across the fitness region is: 1,683 for Vancouver Coastal Health (more than 32); 2,762 at Fraser Health (up to 23); 168 at Island Health (more than two); 425 indoor fitness (unchanged); 128 in Northern Health (up); and 76 other people living outdoors in Canada (unchanged).
On August 25, Fraser Health’s acting medical director of health, Elizabeth Brodkin, referred to two in which COVID-19 had been in hospitals.
He said an outbreak of COVID-19 occurred at Langley Memorial Hospital, which affected a single patient who was discharged and tested positive for the disease. Brodkin declined to say when the Langley Memorial Hospital patient was and discharged to protect that person’s privacy. News of the incident occurred on August 25.
He added that at Royal Columbian Hospital, a staff member tested positive after performing surgery in an operating room. Brodkin said the case probably contracted in the community, so it’s not officially considered an outbreak in the hospital.