A COVID-19 outbreak was declared recently at Saanich Peninsula Hospital after 15 patients tested positive.
The outbreak was declared Thursday (Nov. 9) and is limited to the hospital’s centre unit, according to Island Health.
“At this time, all patients are experiencing mild illness,” Island Health said in an emailed statement. “Saanich Peninsula Hospital remains a safe place to seek care, and people should not avoid seeking emergency care or attending appointments. COVID-19 continues to circulate in the community, the rate of transmission continues to fluctuate, and the virus continues to adapt.”
According to Island Health’s COVID-19 outbreak management protocol, an outbreak is declared after the “occurrence or suspicion of epidemiologically linked cases of confirmed health-care-associated COVID-19 within a 10-day period, an investigation that transmission most likely occurred within the same unit or facility rather than prior to admission or from community exposure, and the number of cases or the severity of illness is beyond what is normal or expected based on circulating virus.”
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