Another Montreal long-term care employee has died after contracting COVID-19, confirmed the CIUSSS of Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal on Sunday.
The man in his 40s died Thursday, said Racha-Michèle Asso, media relations officer for the CIUSSS, adding that his family has decided not to identify him publicly.
He had worked for five years as a beneficiary at the Montreal Chinese Hospital, a long-term care hospital in downtown Montreal.
From the beginning of the health crisis he began volunteering in care homes to help the province grapple with the crisis. “He contracted the virus while he was helping out at (a care) centre,” said Asso. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] He had been fighting for his life