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