Updated provincial data from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) shows new COVID-19 case counts dropped during the latest reporting period.
According to the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence, Burnaby saw 76 new cases from April 24 to 30, 2022.
Burnaby recorded 94 infections from April 17 to 23, 2022.
Outbreak declared over at George Derby Centre
The COVID-19 outbreak at a Burnaby long-term care facility is over.
Fraser Health declared an outbreak at George Derby Centre on April 11, 2022 and health officials confirmed 48 infections were detected as of April 27.
As of Monday (May 2), the outbreak has been removed from the current outbreaks portion of Fraser Health's website.
The health authority says a COVID-19 outbreak may be declared at a long-term care or assisted living site at the direction of the medical health officer or their official designate.
"Based on the consideration of multiple risk factors, including vaccination coverage rate among residents, the severity of illness amongst cases and the rate of increase in cases, a unit/wing/floor/facility may be placed on outbreak under the direction of the medical health officer, working with the facility leadership and health authority long-term care program, and infection, prevention and control teams," the authority says on its website.
George Derby Centre has been subject to multiple outbreaks since the start of the pandemic, with the last being declared on Jan. 4 and ending on Feb. 17.
A total of three lives were lost among 52 recorded cases.
In November 2020, the centre endured another tragic outbreak with 36 lives lost among 109 confirmed infections.
