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(May 1, 2020)<\/p>\n

By: CBC News<\/p>\n

London regional health authorities added seven new\u00a0coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the area’s total\u00a0to 409.<\/p>\n

One new death was also reported Friday, bringing the number of fatalities up to 38.<\/p>\n

The woman in her 80s\u00a0was not a resident of an eldercare facility where the vast majority of the community’s 184 active coronavirus cases continue to fester among staff and the vulnerable seniors who live there.<\/p>\n

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The London-Middlesex Health Unit said Friday that of the 77 active cases in long-term care facilities across the region, 49 residents and 27 staff have been infected. Fifteen people have died.<\/p>\n

Retirement homes have fared slightly better with 44 active cases affecting 32 residents and 12 staff, as well as five deaths.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, the London region had 10 COVID-19 outbreaks, almost all of them among eldercare facilities. Provincewide, there are currently 198 outbreaks in long-term care and retirement facilities where the density of physically frail and vulnerable seniors is higher.<\/p>\n

On Friday, an Ontario health care advocacy group is organizing a day of action to call for improved conditions at the province’s long-term care and retirement homes.<\/p>\n

The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) says the Ford government must improve access to COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and create safer working conditions at the facilities.<\/p>\n

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