The outbreak of coronavirus at an Oshawa long-term care home has worsened with one more death, bringing the total to six, according to the Durham Region Health Department.
The department confirmed the additional death at Hillsdale Terraces Long-term Care Home on Monday. The age or sex of the deceased is not known.
On March 19, it was first reported that four residents, two women aged 80 and 92 and two men, aged 68 and 71, tested positive for the virus.
On March 25, the home confirmed a woman in her 90s was transferred to Lakeridge Health Oshawa hospital two days earlier where she died.