Another person has tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of an outbreak of the deadly virus at a Vancouver Island hospital.
Island Health said on Wednesday afternoon that one additional staff member at Saanich Peninsula Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19.
“The testing continues to confirm that the outbreak is limited to acute care areas of the hospital and no new sources of transmission have been identified. Patients in the acute care areas continue to be closely monitored for symptoms and targeted staff testing continues,” Island Health said in a statement.
The positive test brings the total COVID-19 cases linked to the outbreak to 15, with nine patients and six staff members testing positive.
The health authority announced yesterday that two cases had been linked to the outbreak.
Island Health first declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at the hospital on Dec. 1.
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