BC Government has announced seven new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 46 cases in British Columbia.
Two cases are connected to the Lynn Valley Care Centre, three cases are travel-related and two are community cases.
The individuals are in the Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health and Island Health regions.
One man in his 20s, and a woman in 50s who live in the Fraser Health region are affected. Both work at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.
There are no new resident cases.
Other new cases involve a man in his 70s living in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, and a man in his 60s who lives on the Vancouver Island. Both of them returned from travelling in Egypt.
Another man in his 70s is from Egypt and visiting family in the Fraser Health region.
There were two new community cases as well in the Fraser Health Region.
Meanwhile, three patients have been discharged from hospital and are now recovering at home. One person is in hospital. All other patients with COVID-19 remain in isolation at home with care and support from public health teams.
“We have seen an increase in community cases in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley in recent days, where the source of the virus infection is not yet known. Public health teams are actively investigating, as we continue work to limit the spread of transmission in BC,” the government said.
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