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Dozens of aged care residents are dying of COVID each week as facilities grapple with more than 240 outbreaks nationwide.
Winter is here, and with it come higher rates of respiratory illnesses. If you’ve been struck down recently with a sore throat, runny nose and a cough, or perhaps even a fever, you’re not alone. Last ...
A trend of increasing COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario long-term-care homes has experts worried that vulnerable seniors will once again bear the brunt of an expected fall wave of the virus. There are now ...
COVID-19 has torn through a dozen LTC homes since mid-September. Nine are still battling outbreaks, including the 118-bed Drew Nursing Home in southeastern New Brunswick ...
Providence Care says six people in total have tested positive for COVID-19 at its transitional care centre, while a staff member has tested positive at its main hospital site.
COVID-19: Fewer outbreaks declared in care homes as medical officers use discretionary power. Pattern has emerged of outbreaks being declared only when COVID-19 is running rampant.
Among those hospitalized is a child under four, four people aged 20 to 44, 14 aged 45 to 64 and 54 aged 65 or older. There were 27 COVID outbreaks — another weekly high this season, and up ...
A New Brunswicker aged 45 to 64 has died from COVID-19, while the flu sent eight people to the hospital, including two youth aged five to 19, updated data from the province Tuesday shows.
There were 21 active COVID-19 outbreaks in B.C. long-term care, assisted-living and independent-living homes as of Sept. 29. Author of the article: By Gordon Hoekstra. Published Oct 02, 2021.
While deaths from COVID-19 are still occurring in Manitoba’s care homes, outbreaks are, in general, not as lethal as in the past thanks to advancements in pandemic management, Legeros said.
COVID-19 and the flu have killed six more New Brunswickers, all aged 65 or older, and hospitalized 48 people, according to the latest figures from the province.COVID activity remains "moderate," while ...