{"id":11702,"date":"2020-04-13T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:25:36","slug":"coronavirus-25-dead-at-west-end-toronto-long-term-care-home-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/coronavirus-25-dead-at-west-end-toronto-long-term-care-home-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: 25 dead at west-end Toronto long-term care home to date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The executive director of a long-term care home in Toronto\u2019s west end says 25 residents have died to date due to coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evelyn MacDonald, executive director of the Eatonville Care Centre, said in a statement Monday evening that there have been a total of 49 confirmed cases and six test results are pending.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s increase in our COVID-associated deaths is a reflection of changes in provincial testing criteria. Public Health has confirmed that nine residents, who had previously passed away due to unknown causes, have now been attributed to COVID-19,\u201d she said, noting the figure doesn\u2019t represent new COVID-19-related deaths.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to thank the families of our residents for their patience and understanding. These losses are felt by everyone and I understand that this is an extremely difficult and uncertain time for our community and for their loved ones.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith that, I want to thank our front-line staff for their perseverance, dedication and compassionate care.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MacDonald said it\u2019s there will likely be another increase in positive cases pending additional confirmations of those who have symptoms, noting testing criteria was recently expanded.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to assure the community that we have taken the same precautions with these residents as with COVID-19-confirmed residents,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis information will help us as we continue to work closely with public health to take steps to manage this outbreak appropriately.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, Ontario\u2019s associate chief medical officer of health said at least 89 long-term care homes across the province have outbreaks of COVID-19. She said as it relates to those outbreaks, 120 residents have died.<\/p>\n

As of Monday morning, the Ontario government said there were 7,470 cases of COVID-19 in the province. In total, 291 Ontario residents have died and 3,357 cases have been deemed resolved.<\/p>\n

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