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COVID-19 outbreak at a mine in B.C. now includes 42 cases

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Northern Health says it has identified new cases linked to an outbreak at the Brucejack Mine near Stewart, BC.

The health authority says the new cases bring the total associated with the mine to 42, a dozen of which are active and self-isolating.

There are about 485 employees working at the project site and anyone identified as cases or close contacts have been instructed to self-isolate either on-site or in their home communities, Northern Health said.

Further south, Fraser Health announced an outbreak at the Mission Memorial Hospital.

Three patients at the hospital tested positive.

As a result two units were temporarily closed.

British Columbia announced 429 new daily cases and three new deaths yesterday.

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