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Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Superstore and Shoppers Drug Mart workers test positive for COVID-19

More employees of Loblaw-owned stores operating in Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). 
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Workers at Loblaw-owned stores in B.C.'s Lower Mainland have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) including one employed at the Shoppers Drug Mart at 610 Sixth Ave in New Westminster. Photo via Google Maps

More employees of Loblaw-owned stores operating in Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Stores with newly-affected team members are located in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­and North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Coastal Health region and in Burnaby and New Westminster in the Fraser Health region.

Loblaw Companies Ltd updated its on Dec. 11 as follows:

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 610 6th Street, New Westminster: The last day the team member worked was on Nov. 30.
  • Real Canadian Superstore, 333 Seymour Blvd., North Vancouver: The last day the team member worked was on Dec.  4.   
  • Real Canadian Superstore, 4700 Kingsway, Burnaby: Two team members tested positive for COVID-19. The last day the team members each worked was on Dec. 1 and Dec. 3.    
  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 4326 Dunbar Street, Vancouver: The last day the team member worked was on Dec. 5.

There is one other store in British Columbia operated by Loblaw that is reporting a new employee coronavirus case. Shoppers Drug Mart at 5500 Sunshine Coast Highway in Sechelt has a team member who tested positive for COVID-19 who last worked Dec. 8.

T & T Supermarket and Sobeys Inc. have not reported any new cases for B.C. stores in the last day.

Current COVID-19 cases in B.C. 

On Thursday, officials confirmed a new 723 cases of coronavirus in the province. Of those new cases, 135 are in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Coastal Health region, and 456 in the Fraser Health region. 

B.C. also set a grim new record, with 28 new COVID-19-related deaths from Wednesday to Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus in the province to 587.

With files from Elana Shepert and Glen Korstrom