B.C. has 21 active COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors' care homes or assisted living facilities and three more at acute care facilities, thanks to a new outbreak at Surrey's Residence at Clayton Heights within the past 24 hours, provincial health officer Bonnie Henry told media April 29. There is also a renewed outbreak at Langley's Langley Lodge.
Four new deaths from the virus that has prompted a global pandemic were recorded in the past 24 hours and all four were seniors in care homes or long-term care facilities, provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said April 29. That makes the total number of deaths 109 from a total of 2,087 infections. There were 34 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours.
So far 252 seniors in care homes or other long-term care facilities have been infected, while 152 staff have also been sickened with the virus. About 62.5% of those infected in B.C., or 1,305 people, have fully recovered.
The province confirmed 19 other seniors' facilities that have active outbreaks. They are:
• North Vancouver's Lynn Valley Care Centre;
• North Vancouver's Amica Edgemont Village;
• North Vancouver's Berkley Care Centre long-term care facility.
• Vancouver's Haro Park Centre;
• Vancouver's Windermere Care Centre long-term care facility;
• Burnaby's Swedish Canadian Manor assisted living;
• Coquitlam's Dufferin Care Centre;
• Langley's Langley Gardens long-term care facility;
• Mission's Cedarbrook Chateau independent living;
• Abbotsford's Cottage-Worthington Pavilion;
• Maple Ridge's Chartwell Willow long-term care facility;
• Chilliwack's Eden Care Centre long-term care facility;
• Kelowna's Orchard Manor at Hawthorne Park long-term care facility.
•.Surrey's Guildford Seniors Village long-term care facility;
• Abbotsford's MSA Manor long-term care facility;
• Abbotsford's Valhaven Home long-term care facility;
• Burnaby's New Vista Care Home long-term care facility;
• Vancouver's Royal Arch Masonic Home long-term care facility; and
• Vancouver's South Granville Park Lodge.
One home, Vancouver's Broadway Pentecostal Lodge long-term care facility, had previously been named as having an outbreak but that outbreak was later identified as influenza and not COVID-19, according to B.C.'s Ministry of Health.
Seniors' homes where outbreaks have been declared over are:
• Vancouver's Central City Lodge;
• Vancouver's German Canadian House long-term care facility;
• Vancouver's Villa Cathay long-term care facility;
• Vancouver's Little Mountain long-term care facility;
• West Vancouver's Inglewood Care Centre;
• White Rock's Amica Retirement Home long-term care facility;
• Surrey's Harrison at Elim Village long-term care facility;
• Delta's Delta View long-term care facility;
• Port Coquitlam's Shaughnessy Care Centre long-term care facility;
• Cranbrook's Kootenay Street Village long-term care facility;
• West Vancouver's Hollyburn House; and
• White Rock's Evergreen Baptist Complex (includes assisted living and long-term care facility, and manor - seniors rental).
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases by health region are:
• 811 in Vancouver Coastal Health;
• 941 in Fraser Health;
• 120 in Island Health;
• 169 in Interior Health; and
• 46 in Northern Health.
