COVID-19 cases linked to an ongoing outbreak on Haida Gwaii.Northern Health first declared a community outbreak involving 13 residents of the archipelago on July 24.
The first case of the virus was made public on July 18. More testing sites considered amid Haida Gwaii coronavirus outbreak The number of cases has now climbed to 20, 13 of which are considered active.Northern Health sought to reassure residents Wednesday that the new cases “do not represent a significant expansion of the outbreak, nor do they suggest wider spread of COVID-19 in Haida Gwaii communities.” B.C.
reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, community outbreak on Haida Gwaii The new cases are linked to exposures to known cases that took place prior to the outbreak.