New Covid outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital

Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 4E at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH).

One patient and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. An investigation is ongoing and any patients with COVID-19 are being relocated to the COVID unit.

“There is no evidence of COVID-19 transmission to other areas of the hospital at this time,” a news release from IH said. “The cases on 4E do not appear to be linked to the earlier outbreak on 5B. There remains ten cases linked to 5B: five patients, five staff and two deaths.”

Outbreak control measures are in place and a team of infection control and communicable disease specialists, along with KGH clinical staff and leaders, are meeting daily to contain the outbreak.

The hospital remains safe to attend for appointments and emergency care. Please continue with any scheduled procedures. Self-isolation or COVID-19 testing is not required after visiting the hospital.