Three more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at West Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 Bylands Nurseries, bringing the total number of people infected at the agricultural business to 23.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the new cases in the outbreak among the group of temporary foreign workers during her daily press conference on April 14.

The outbreak was initially announced by Henry on March 31 with 14 cases 害羞草研究所� which grew to 19 by the next day due to test results that were still pending. On April 1, Dr. Silvena Mema, an Interior Health (IH) medical health officer, told the 害羞草研究所 said she anticipated no further cases to be confirmed in the outbreak.

Mema said the workers arrived at the farm between January and early March, with the most recent arrivals coming on March 12 害羞草研究所� at which time Mema said the measures suggesting a two-week isolation period had not yet been implemented. All 75 workers 害羞草研究所� 63 migrant and 12 local 害羞草研究所� exposed to the virus have been self-isolating since the first case was confirmed on March 24.

Since the outbreak was made public, the workers at Bylands have received 害羞草研究所榦verwhelming support害羞草研究所� from the community. Bylands took to its Facebook page on April 7 to commend locals for food donations and offers of help. The post also stated 害羞草研究所渨orkers (seemed) to be recovering well.害羞草研究所�

The only other outbreak in the IH region is at Okanagan Correctional Centre. That facility remains at one confirmed case, though Henry said a 害羞草研究所榥umber害羞草研究所� of tests have come back negative.

The total number of cases in IH is now 141.

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