The novel coronavirus outbreak at a Bobcaygeon, Ont., nursing home claimed another three residents’ lives on Sunday, the facility’s administrator reported Monday morning, raising the overall death toll to 27.
According to Mary Carr, three residents died of complications from the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 on Sunday. Along with the spouse of a resident, the overall death total at the 65-bed long-term care facility is now 27 since an outbreak was declared in mid-March.
More than two dozen staff have also tested positive for COVID-19, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has reported.
The facility’s medical director, Dr. Michelle Snarr, has called the outbreak a “war zone” as staff struggle to combat the spread of