Update on IH numbers:
· No new deaths to report.
Update on outbreaks:
· Canim Lake has 45 cases linked to the outbreak.
· Sunnybank long-term care in Oliver has 22 cases: 17 residents and five staff.
· Creekside Landing long-term care in Vernon has 16 cases: 11 residents and five staff
· Williams Lake Seniors Village has two cases: one resident and one staff.
· Noric House long-term care in Vernon has 36 cases: 25 residents and 11 staff
· Heritage Square long-term care in Vernon has 43 cases: 32 residents and 11 staff, with five deaths connected to this outbreak.
· Heritage Retirement Residence in West Kelowna has 43 cases: 37 residents and six staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.
· Teck mining operations remains at 16 IH cases linked to the outbreak.
· McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver has 78 cases: 55 residents and 23 staff, with 15 deaths connected to this outbreak. **the additional resident case is a data correction from a previous positive case
· Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton has nine cases: five residents and four staff, with one death connected to this outbreak.
· Mountainview Village long-term care in Kelowna has 16 cases: eight residents and eight staff, with two deaths connected to this outbreak.
Update on Big White community cluster
· There are 19 new cases associated with the Big White cluster for a total of 162 cases.
Al Hudec says
Sad commentary on the ability of government to get anything right – there should be daily testing of staff before they come into work. The whole problem is that staff is bringing the virus into the homes, and once it’s in there it’s impossible to control. Deaths in nursing homes account for 60% of the province’s Covid deaths and it would be so easy to eliminate most of these by testing workers before they enter the facility.