COVID-19 outbreak declared at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre; B.C. reports 1,370 new cases
KAMLOOPS — A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, per the B.C. government’s COVID-19 pandemic update for Monday (Nov. 1).
Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre had a lengthy COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year.
Gemstone is one of six new healthcare facility outbreaks, for a provincial total of 39 active outbreaks. Of them, seven are in Interior Health. The other active outbreak in Kamloops is at Overlander Residential Care.
There were 1,370 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. over the past three days, with 222 of them in Interior Health. Provincially, there are 4,668 active cases (down by 314 since Oct. 29), with 588 of them in Interior Health (down by 96).