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35 workers at a poultry in Vancouver have now tested poitive, new figures of COVID-19 in BC reported
BY , Apr 25, 2020 1:30 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
Health Minister Adrian Dix alongside BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, at a news conference in Vancouver on Friday, January 31st, 2020. (Photo-Connect News/Jawad Siddiqui)
Thirty-five workers at the United Poultry plant in Vancouver have now tested positive for COVID-19.
That's up from 29 and in addition to two cases at a sister plant in Coquitlam.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement that 10 cases of the virus in B.C. have been connected to the Kearl Lake project near Fort McMurray, Alta.
Seventy-eight inmates and staff have also tested positive at the Mission Institution in the Fraser Valley.
The province is reporting four more deaths, for a total of 98 deaths, and 29 new cases.
The province has a total of 1,853 cases, with 1,114 people listed as recovered.
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