Nine residents of a long-term care home in Bobcaygeon, Ont., have died of COVID-19 complications since March 25, according to the facility’s medical director.
Dr. Michelle Snarr has called the Pinecrest Nursing Home a “war zone” since an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease was declared on March 20.
The nine deaths are presumed cases of COVID-19, she said, noting that seven of the deaths occurred over the weekend. “It’s a war zone — more than one nurse has said that,” Snarr said Monday morning. “I feel like a field commander in a war.” The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has not confirmed the deaths, having last updated its jurisdiction’s statistics on Friday at 5 p.m.