A total of 44 patient cases contributed to the latest COVID-19 outbreak at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

outbreak update

COVID-19 outbreaks over at Nanaimo Hospital, Berwick long-term care home

Feb 22, 2022 | 4:46 PM

NANAIMO — Three COVID-19 outbreaks at health facilities in Nanaimo are now over, according to Island Health.

The outbreaks on the fourth and fifth floor of the general medicine unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital are now over.

26 patient cases were attributed to the fourth-floor outbreak, while 18 patient cases were attributed to the fifth-floor outbreak.

Both outbreaks remained limited to the respective floors.

The outbreak at Berwick on the Lake long-term care home in Nanaimo is also over. Eleven total resident cases and one staff case were attributed to the outbreak at the private facility on Long Lake.

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Three COVID-19 outbreaks were recently declared over in two long-term care homes in Nanaimo and one in Parksville.

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