A COVID-19 outbreak at a Coquitlam seniors home has now spread to at least six people.
Belvedere Care Centre first reported a single test-positive case in a resident Nov. 3. By Wednesday, Nov. 11, the virus that causes COVID-19 had spread to a total of four residents and two staff. There have been no deaths associated with the outbreak at the seniors home.
An outbreak declared Oct. 28 when one resident tested positive at the Mayfair Terrace Retirement Residence in Port Coquitlam has now been declared over by public health.
The Port Coquitlam facility was the first to have a COVID-19 outbreak declared since the virus was driven out of Tri-City seniors homes in June.
Hawthorne Seniors Care Community, also in Port Coquitlam, is still battling to stem transmission of the virus. As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, one resident had died and at least 32 people — 23 residents and nine staff — had tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility.
“What we’re seeing in our independent and assisted living, and in our long-term care facilities, just as what we’re seeing in our schools, reflects the number of cases in the community,” Fraser Health deputy medical health officer Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin told the Tri-City News last week in response to questions over how staff continued to introduce the virus into care homes.
Health officials did not provide figures on new COVID-19 cases Nov. 11, though an update on lab-confirmed test results is expected Thursday afternoon.
The Lower Mainland section of the Fraser Health authority remains under a two-week period of sweeping public health orders meant to stem the transmission of the virus. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry warned earlier this week of a return to peak spring restrictions if new COVID-19 cases are not brought under control soon.
