Emotional reunions as B.C.’s relaxed care home restrictions take effect Crooks study will look specifically at the Fraser Health region, which was particularly hard hit during the pandemic.
The health authority has 85 long-term care homes, with about 10,000 residents and a similar number of workers.More than 400 people died in 105 separate outbreaks in those facilities.While the numbers have dropped precipitously in recent months, there have been several new outbreaks in recent weeks, potentially imported by staff members.Fraser Health declined to say what percentage of health-care workers in the long-term care sector have been vaccinated.