COVID-19 in 2 nursing homes
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A second COVID-19 outbreak has been reported in Cottonwoods
Interior Health has confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks in two nursing homes in the Central Okanagan.
In an email to Castanet News, IH officials say outbreaks have been reported at the Cottonwoods Care Center in Kelowna and the Brookhaven Care Center in West Kelowna.
According to officials, two cases involving local residents have been confirmed in Cottonwoods, while seven cases involving four residents and three employees have occurred in Brookhaven.
This is the second confirmed outbreak at Cottonwoods. An outbreak was reported in early March and 29 positive cases were recorded in the two months it was active, including 26 residents and three staff. Two residents died from the virus.
This is the first outbreak reported in Brookhaven.
