BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) Brunswick County Health Services is reporting the death of an eighth county resident associated to the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This is the fourth positive resident at the congregate care facility to COVID-19 related death.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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