BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) Brunswick County Health Services is reporting the death of an eighth county resident associated to the novel coronavirus.

The person was a resident at the Universal Health Care of Brunswick congregate living facility who received a positive test result for COVID-19. According to heath officials, the person was considered a person at high risk for severe illness as they were over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions.

This is the fourth positive resident at the congregate care facility to COVID-19 related death.

It is difficult to hear that we have lost another county resident to this virus, and we extend our condolences to those affected by this loss, Chairman Frank Williams said.

As of July 10, the county says there are 751 positive cases of COVID-19 among county residents (354 considered recovered, 377 isolating at 304 households, 12 hospitalized, 8 deaths) and 14 cases among non-residents (1 isolating in county, 8 considered recovered, 3 transferred monitoring to home county, 2 deaths).

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