COVID-19 Update: May 21, 2020

12 new cases in BC (total: 2479; Δ 0.5%)
887 VCH (prev: 885; Δ 2; 0.2%; 35.8% of all)
1223 FHA (prev: 1214; Δ 9; 0.7%; 49.3% of all)
183 IHA (prev: 182; Δ 1; 0.5%; 7.4% of all)
126 VIHA (prev: 126; Δ 0; 0.0%; 5.1% of all)
60 NHA (prev: 60; Δ 0; 0.0%; 2.4% of all)
Total Active Cases: 307; 12.4% of total
Δ -10 (-0.5%)

43 Hospitalized (prev: 43; Δ 0; 0.0%; 1.7% of total)
8 ICU (prev: 10; Δ -2; -20.0%; 0.3% of total)
2020 recovered (prev: 2001; Δ 19; 0.9%; 81.5% of total)
152 deaths to date (prev: 149; Δ 3; 2.0%; 6.1% of total)
Recovery Rate: 81.5% Δ 0.4%

Outbreaks

“There have been no new health-care outbreaks, and the outbreak at the Windermere Care Centre has now been declared over. In total, 14 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and three acute-care units have active outbreaks.

“The Mountain Institution, a federal corrections facility, has one confirmed case of COVID-19 in an inmate who had recently transferred from the Matsqui Institution. Fraser Health public health teams are investigating and assisting at both facilities.

“The outbreak at United Poultry has been declared over. Public health teams continue to provide support at the remaining community outbreaks, including at the Oppenheimer Group, those in the poultry sector, at the Mission Institution and with those connected to the Kearl Lake plant in Alberta.

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