Kelowna care home continues to see COVID-19 deaths – GLOBAL
October 28, 2021
Two more people who picked up COVID-19 at a Kelowna long-term care home have died.
Interior Health reported Wednesday that the death toll related to the COVID-19 outbreak at Cottonwoods Care Centre in Kelowna rose to 17 . Since the outbreak was reported in early August, there have been 70 cases among 55 residents and 15 staff. It’s been the most long-standing outbreak in the Okanagan, to date, though it’s not the only one.
Village by the Station long-term care in Penticton has 41 cases among 27 residents and 14 staff, with three deaths connected to the outbreak. Also, Haven Hill Care Centre long-term care in Penticton has 12 cases among10 residents and two staff and one death connected to the outbreak.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/8329923/interior-health-workers-no-longer-on-the-job/
