Three regional health authorities in British Columbia are reporting new COVID-19 outbreaks in assisted-livingfacilities and long-term care homes. According to Fraser Health, five residents and two staff members have tested positive for the virus at Rideau Retirement Residence in Burnaby, while two staff members have tested positive at Surrey's Brookside Lodge. In Vernon, one staff member and five residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at Noric House, according to a news release from Interior Health. The announcement comes one day after an outbreak was was declared at Heritage Square in Vernon, where four staff and six residents of the long term care wing tested positive. And Island Health says one resident has tested positive at Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence in Nanaimo, where the outbreak is limited to one unit on a floor that's been isolated from the rest of the facility.

Source: CBC News December 28, 2020 23:43 UTC