Dec. 8 UPDATE on IH numbers: 

• IH is reporting 74 new cases since yesterday, for a total of 2,339
• 637 cases are active and on isolation
• Seventeen people are in hospital; three of them in ICU.
• Total number of deaths in IH remains at six.

 

Update on McKinney long-term care home:

• Today Interior Health can confirm 27 residents and 1 staff member have now tested positive for COVID-19 at McKinney long-term care in Oliver.
• Targeted additional testing is occurring and will continue for all staff and residents; this includes mobilizing an Interior Health outreach testing team to expedite testing onsite.
• Interior Health is working with the staff and administration at McKinney to ensure residents’ care and staffing levels are maintained, and that families are kept apprised of the developing outbreak.
• Everyone’s condition is currently stable and no transmission has been detected in association with the South Okanagan General Hospital.

 

Note: all of these additional cases were lab confirmed after today’s data reporting cut-off, therefore they are not counted among the 74 new cases today, but will be reflected in tomorrow’s numbers.

 

Update on other outbreaks of note:

• Seven cases at Mountainview Village in Kelowna.
• Three cases at Village by the Station in Penticton.
• An outbreak at the Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower construction site is over.

 

Revelstoke cluster update – December 8, 2020:

• 14 active cases; all those individuals are self-isolating.
• 36 other individuals have recovered.
• 50 total cases
• One additional case was confirmed since our last update on Friday, Dec. 4.