VICTORIA — British Columbia officials say there are two new COVID-19 outbreaks at health-care facilities in the province for a total of 56, most of them in long-term care homes.
A statement Thursday from the Health Ministry says the COVID-19 outbreaks are at Trinity Care Centre in Penticton and Gillis House in Merritt.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry changed visitor guidelines to care homes this week saying “one-size-fits-all” restrictions are no longer needed because the facilities are not seeing severe illness with high levels of vaccination and booster doses among residents and staff.
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There have been 13 new deaths related to COVID-19 for a total of 2,656 fatalities.
Officials say there are 25,554 active cases of COVID-19, of which 985 are in hospital and 145 in intensive care.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 3, 2022.
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