4 more deaths, 54 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health

A sign indicating a COVID-19 testing site is displayed inside a parking garage in West Nyack, N.Y., Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The site was only open to students and staff of Rockland County schools in an effort to test enough people to keep the schools open for in-person learning. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
This brings the total to 66 deaths in the region

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Canadian, American rescue crews searching for missing aircraft in waters near Victoria
Interior Health reported two more COVID-19 deaths at Sunnybank Retirement Center in Oliver Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (File photo)

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    Jan 10th, 2021

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