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By James Peters

COVID-19

Second Interior Health resident dies of COVID-19; new B.C. positive cases largely linked to poultry plant outbreaks

Apr 28, 2020 | 3:23 PM

VICTORIA — A second resident of Interior Health has died due to COVID-19.

Officials with Interior Health said the man, who was in his 70’s, died April 27th. He had been admitted to hospital in early April. Interior Health would not release the location of the hospital or the home town of the man.

In her daily briefing Tuesday (Apr. 28), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported two more deaths due to the virus, bringing the provincial death toll to 105.

Henry noted there have been 55 more positive tests for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with many of them attributed to outbreaks among staff at a pair of poultry plants in the Lower Mainland.

The total number of positive cases in B.C. is now 2,053, though 1,231 of those who have tested positive are now considered fully recovered, or 60 per cent.

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Of the total positive cases, 168 have been seen in Interior Health, a rise of four since Monday.

Ninety-four of those suffering from COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, including 37 in intensive or critical care.