Married 68 years, B.C. couple dies of COVID-19 in separate hospitals hours apart Khurana’s family had taken extra precautions to protect their grandfather, who was particularly vulnerable because of a heart surgery several years ago and sometimes relied on oxygen.He and his wife lived in Abbotsford, one of the province’s COVID-19 hotspots, and were staying home at all times with no visitors allowed inside.Khurana’s uncle lived with the couple and was their only direct contact to the outside.
Family members had also been keeping their distance from one another, she said.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We’re not sure what happened,” Khurana said. “We’d been taking all the right steps.”Hospitalized.