COVID-19 outbreak declared at Nicola Meadows as B.C. reports 553 new cases
VICTORIA — A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at an assisted living facility in Merritt.
Nicola Meadows was added to B.C.’s outbreak list in the province’s COVID-19 report on Wednesday (Aug. 18).
Elsewhere, there are eight active outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the province. Five are in Interior Health (Nelson Jubilee Mano, Kootenay Street Village, Cottonwoods Care Centre in Kelowna, Village at Mill Creek in Kelowna, and Brookhaven Care Centre in West Kelowna), two in Fraser Health (Kin Village West Court in Delta and Evergreen Baptist Care Society in White Rock) and one in Island Health (Discovery Harbour in Campbell River).
In assisted or independent living facilities, there are two outbreaks in Kelowna: Hawthorn Park and David Lloyd Jones Home.