BC Hydro says another three more workers at its major northern B.C. project have tested positive for COVID-19.
This increases Site C's virus total to 15 people since March 1, which BC Hydro says five are currently active and 10 have fully recovered.
This time, the provincial company says the Site C cases are unrelated to each other and are from late November.
As of today (Dec. 1), there were 1,451 workers reported at the camp near Fort St. John, 27 of whom are in self-isolation.
No outbreak has been declared for Site C, but the North Peace Seniors Housing Society apartments, also in Fort St. John, found six lab-confirmed cases and ordered an outbreak on Nov. 22.
All outbreaks will be in place for 28 days from the declaration date.
Northern Health added 73 positive tests for COVID-19 over the weekend, including 31 between Sunday (Nov. 29) and Monday (Nov. 30), for a regional total of 845 since its first infection in March.
Among the 270 active cases, 29 people are in hospital, 12 of which are in critical care or ICU, and 569 people have recovered.
Six people have died from the virus, most recently two men at Rotary Manor in Dawson Creek, where some of the outbreak's restrictions have been lifted. \
- with files from Matt Preprost, Alaska Highway News
