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COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care; one dead in Pine Grove outbreak

Jan 31, 2022 | 10:54 AM

KAMLOOPS — Overlander Residential Care in Brocklehurst is dealing with its second COVID-19 outbreak.

Interior Health (IH) has added the facility to its online list, with a COVID-19 outbreak declared on its South Park Unit on Sunday (Jan. 30).

Overlander saw its first COVID-19 outbreak declared on Sept. 20, 2021. The outbreak lasted more than a month, ending on Nov. 2 with a total of 21 residents and seven staff cases and seven deaths associated with the outbreak.

Meantime, IH has confirmed a death has occurred at the other Kamloops care home experiencing an outbreak, Pine Grove Care Centre.