35 workers at a poultry in Vancouver have now tested poitive, new figures of COVID-19 in BC reported

Thirty-five workers at the United Poultry plant in Vancouver have now tested positive for COVID-19.

That's up from 29 and in addition to two cases at a sister plant in Coquitlam.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement that 10 cases of the virus in B.C. have been connected to the Kearl Lake project near Fort McMurray, Alta.

Seventy-eight inmates and staff have also tested positive at the Mission Institution in the Fraser Valley.

The province is reporting four more deaths, for a total of 98 deaths, and 29 new cases.

The province has a total of 1,853 cases, with 1,114 people listed as recovered.