The Coquitlam poultry plant working to contain the largest outbreak of its kind in B.C. has seen its caseload jump to 61 after five cases were announced by health officials Friday.
Of the 270 workers at the Superior Poultry plant, many remain in isolation at home, riding out the 14-day ncubation period.
Seven cases remain at Chilliwack’s Fraser Valley Specialty while 35 cases are related to Vancouver’s United Poultry.
The new Coquitlam cases are part of 29 new cases reported over the last 24 hours and announced by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry Friday afternoon.
Across the province, there have now been a total of 2,315 cases of COVID-19 documented province-wide. Dr. Henry also announced a single new death due to the novel coronavirus, raising the provincial death toll to 127 people since the global pandemic first appeared in the province in January.
The recovery rate keeps rising, and is now at more than 62.2%, or 1,579 people. There are 73 people in hospital, with 20 of those in intensive care. The other infected people are at home in self-isolation.
— with files from Glen Korstrom
