A personal support worker in the Peel Region has died of COVID-19, according to a statement by the Services Employees International Union Healthcare (SEIU Healthcare) on Wednesday.
The worker was identified by a SEIU Healthcare spokesperson as 51-year-old Arlene Reid. Her death marks the second publicly known support worker who has died in Ontario since the pandemic began. “SEIU Healthcare … mourns the loss of our second member as a result of COVID-19 and extend our deepest sympathies to her family, as well as her union sisters and brothers who delivered home care services at Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) in Peel Region,” a statementfrom the union read.