Fraser Health has been dealing with two COVID-19 outbreaks at Burnaby care homes in the past few weeks.
One has been officially declared over.
This outbreak was at Burnaby’s Swedish Canadian Manor. The other Burnaby care home is operated by the New Vista Society, where one staff member and several residents were diagnosed with COVID-19, including one death.
B.C. on May 7 recorded 33 new infections in the past day, for a total of 2,288 total infections since the first case was recorded in January. This is the highest total of new cases in a day since Sunday, when 34 new infections were discovered. It is also the second consecutive rise. Eight new cases were confirmed on May 5, and 23 new cases were confirmed on May 6.
About 66% of infected people in the province have fully recovered.
Of those still sick, 76 people are in hospital, with 20 of those in intensive care. Two infected people have died in the past day, for a total of 126.
The breakdown of cases so far by health region are:
• 865 in Vancouver Coastal Health;
• 1,064 in Fraser Health;
• 126 in Island Health;
• 179 in Interior Health; and
• 54 in Northern Health.
- With files from the Canadian Press
