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Interior Health 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Vernon seniors residence
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at another retirement residence in Vernon. According to…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at two Kamloops group homes
Two group homes in Kamloops have been declared COVID-19 outbreak sites by Interior Health. Six…
Drug alert issued for Penticton
Interior Health has issued a drug alert for Penticton. Drugs of a black, tar-like chunky…
More than 20 healthcare workers’ vehicles vandalized at Kamloops long-term care facility
A care aid at Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops has found screws under her tires on…
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops group home
The Westsyde Care Residences group home in Kamloops is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. Nine residents…
Four more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health region
COVID-19 has claimed four additional deaths in the Interior Health region in the past 24…
3 deaths in Interior Health region over weekend
Three deaths were recorded over the weekend due to COVID-19 in the Interior Health region.…
COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. The outbreak…
Two more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health region
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in the Interior Health region in the last…
Long-term care home outbreaks in Kelowna, Penticton declared over
The COVID-19 outbreaks at Village by the Station in Penticton and Mountainview Village in Kelowna…
Kamloops care home reports first COVID-19 death
Interior Health is reporting a death associated with the COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone care…
Outbreak declared at Kamloops long-term care home
Four residents of the Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre in Kamloops have tested positive for COVID-19,…
COVID-19 exposure at elementary school in Sicamous
The North Okanagan-Shuswap school district has reported a potential COVID-19 exposure at an elementary school…
COVID-19 exposures at two schools in Kamloops
Two schools in Kamloops had COVID-19 exposures in the first week back to class following…
Death toll mounts in Okanagan long-term care homes
Two deaths at long-term care homes over the weekend brings to 40 the number of…
3 more long-term care home deaths in Interior Health region
Three more COVID-19 related deaths have taken place in Interior Health long-term care homes, bringing…
BCCDC data shows COVID-19 cases dropping in Central, South Okanagan
The latest detailed breakdown of COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region shows a drop…
New lab equipment at Interior Health speeds up COVID-19 test processing
Hospital laboratories in Kamloops and Kelowna are operating with new equipment that has nearly doubled…
COVID-19 claims another life at McKinney Place care home in Oliver
Oliver’s McKinney Place long-term care home recorded another COVID-19 related death today. Interior Health said…
71 cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health; care home outbreaks continue
Cases of COVID-19 continue to stack up within the Southern Interior, with 71 new cases…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at second Oliver long-term care home
A second Oliver long-term care home has a COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health declared an outbreak…
Drug alert issued in Penticton for fentanyl mix
A drug alert has been issued for Penticton after a light green sample sold as…
61 more cases of COVID-19 within Interior Health
There were 61 new cases of COVID-19 within Interior Health diagnosed since Monday, raising the…
4 more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health region
Of the 45 COVID-19 deaths recorded across B.C. over the New Year's long weekend, four…