Health officials have announced 19 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, as well as two new outbreaks of the coronavirus at health-care facilities in the Fraser Valley.
One outbreak is at the Tabor Home long-term care facility in Abbotsford and the other is at Mission Memorial Hospital in Mission, according to a statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.
The Tabor Home outbreak and another care home outbreak announced Tuesday at Maple Hill long-term care facility are both connected to the Mission Memorial outbreak, Dix and Henry said. "These recent health-care outbreaks are very concerning and clearly demonstrate that COVID-19 remains in our communities," the officials said. "Mission Memorial is a small hospital, which means services for the local community are now limited to urgent and emergency care only."
There have been 2,775 cases of COVID-19 and 168 deaths in B.C. since the pandemic began, and there are currently 185 active cases of the virus in the province.
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