There have now been 54 recorded cases at the LNG Canada Project Site.
In an update, Northern Health says an additional two were detected since the last update on Tuesday (Dec. 1).
There are five active cases as the site and 49 have officially been classified as recovered.
One person remains in isolation on site.
Initially, 14 cases were found, leading to the outbreak officially put in place last Thursday (Nov. 19).
Northern Health, LNG Canada, and JGC Fluor continue to work closely together to ensure enhanced control measures are followed, to protect the health of all staff," the authority said in a statement dated for today (Dec.4).
"Northern Health is working with the BCCDC to ensure communication with the health authorities or jurisdictions of the affected employees’ home communities.
"On-site screening of employees, contact management and tracing are continuing, and there continue to be no public exposures in Kitimat and the surrounding area at this time.
As of this publication (Dec. 4), there have been 928 COVID-19 cases recorded in Northern Health since its first positive test in March, including 235 active ones, 11 people in critical care among 33 total hospitalizations and eight deaths.
