A 50th resident has suffered a COVID-19-related death at Forest Heights Long Term Care, Waterloo Public Health announced Monday morning.
Over the weekend, the agency announced that more residents had tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the long-term care facility which has been under outbreak since April 1.
A total of 171 residents and 68 staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus at Forest Heights Long-Term Care. There have now been 113 COVID-19-related deaths in Waterloo Region with 93 of those being connected to long-term care or retirement homes in the area.
Outbreaks have been declared over at three more homes in Waterloo Region since Friday including peoplecare Hilltop Manor in Cambridge as well as the Fergus