Interior Health region on Friday afternoon.Interior Health said the death was linked to an Okanagan care home, Heritage Retirement Residence in West Kelowna.On Feb.
2, Interior Health declared an outbreak over at Heritage Retirement residence. At the time, fourth deaths and 46 cases were linked to the retirement home.The latest death comes just days ahead of the one-year mark from when the pandemic was first detected in the region.
B.C. reports 445 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths, new variant detected “On Valentine’s Day this weekend, the Interior will mark the one year anniversary of its first confirmed case of COVID-19,” said Susan Brown, president and CEO of Interior Health.“It was Feb.