A third death related to the novel coronavirus has been reported at the Bradford Valley Community Care nursing home, bringing the facility’s total number of cases to 31 — 24 in residents and seven in staff members.
The outbreak began at the Bradford, Ont., long-term care facility at the beginning of April. “We’re actually testing everybody at that facility,” the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s medical officer of health, Charles Gardner, told reporters Wednesday. “We have submitted tests for all of the residents associated with that facility and are working through testing all of the staff.” [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] According to Gardner, there’s well over 200 residents at Bradford