The death toll at Kitchener’s Forest Heights Long-Term Care has risen to 47 after another resident died as a result of COVID-19, Waterloo Region Public Health announced on Wednesday.
The facility, which has been under an outbreak since April 1, has seen 166 residents and 65 staff members test positive for the novel coronavirus.
The latest death at Forest Heights brings the death toll in Waterloo Region to 105, with 86 of those involving residents of long-term care facilities in the area. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] There are still outbreaks at 11 such facilities in the region with the latest being declared at Revera Fergus Place in Kitchener on Monday.