Nine patients at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Metro Vancouver have tested positive for COVID-19. (File photo - Eagle Ridge hospital/Twitter)
Nine patients at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Metro Vancouver have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting Fraser Health to declare an outbreak at the Port Moody facility.
A statement from the health authority says all the patients are on a single unit.
The unit has been temporarily closed.
Contact tracing and enhanced cleaning is underway to limit further spread of the virus.
Fraser Health says the emergency department at Eagle Ridge remains open and all other areas of the hospital are operating as normal.