The COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford's Fraser Valley Packers has exploded to 59 infections thanks to 28 cases identified in the past 24 hours, B.C. provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said July 30.
Only one case of COVID-19 in B.C. was identified in the past 24 hours and was not related to Fraser Valley Packers. That makes for a total of 29 new cases in the past 24 hours and 3,591 cases since the virus first appeared in B.C. in late January.
She stressed that eating fruit from that packing plant is safe, although normal safeguards, such as washing fruit before eating, is recommended.
No new COVID-19 infections have been determined in Haida Gwaii, leaving the total in that active outbreak at 20 cases.
Outbreaks at the Holy Family Hospital care home and at Mission Memorial Hospital remain active.
Of the 242 people fighting infections, only five are in hospital, with two of those in intensive care units. B.C. has not had as few as five people in hospital with COVID-19 since mid-March. There has also not been fewer than two people with COVID-19 in B.C. intensive care units since mid-March. One person has been released from hospital in the past 24 hours. The vast majority of infected people are self-isolating at home.
No new deaths from the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours so the death toll from COVID-19 in B.C. remains at 194.
The breakdown of total COVID-19 infections by health region is:
• 1,076 in Vancouver Coastal Health;
• 1,816 in Fraser Health;
• 143 in Island Health;
• 360 in Interior Health;
• 86 in Northern Health; and
• 61 people who reside outside Canada.
More than 87.8 per cent of people who have been infected with COVID-19 in B.C., or 3,155 people, have recovered.
