A resident has died in an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at Pine Grove Care Centre that has contaminated 22 individuals, Inside Well being has confirmed.
9 employees and 13 residents on the North Kamloops facility at 313 McGowan Ave. have contracted the virus because the outbreak was declared on Jan. 19.
In response to Inside Well being, extra infection-control measures have been applied, together with pausing non-essential visits and testing sufferers and employees. Non-urgent appointments are additionally on maintain, however pressing appointments might proceed. Important, palliative and end-of-life and single designated visits might proceed.
It's the solely present COVID-19 outbreak declared at a Kamloops care residence.
A COVID-19 outbreak on the Gemstone Care Centre in Brocklehurst, which had been lively since Jan. 12, was declared over by Inside Well being as of Jan. 24. There have been two optimistic employees circumstances and two optimistic resident circumstances, however no deaths related to the outbreak.
It was that facility’s third COVID-19 outbreak in a 12 months. The primary COVID-19 outbreak was declared in January of final 12 months and lasted till March 12, with 32 circumstances recorded. The second COVID-19 outbreak at Gemstone was declared on Nov. 1, 2021, and declared over by Nov. 22, with six circumstances recorded.