{"id":15797,"date":"2021-01-06T17:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T22:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=15797"},"modified":"2021-01-14T17:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T22:41:54","slug":"long-term-care-outbreaks-worsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/long-term-care-outbreaks-worsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Term Care Outbreaks Worsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(January 5, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Tara Losinski AND Peter Muggeridge<\/p>\n<p>Ontario is reporting 35 new deaths in long-term care and a record number of\u00a0 nursing homes are experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19. Today,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/data\/long-term-care-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">provincial data shows<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that that 219 homes are dealing with an outbreak, smashing the mark of 190 set during the first wave. This means that over a third of the province\u2019s 626 homes are now in outbreak. St. George Care Community in Toronto has become an epicentre for the infection, reporting 94 active cases with six deaths while Tendercare Living Centre in Scarborough, one of the worst-hit homes, is reporting\u00a0 85 active cases and over 64 total deaths. \u201cThere are so many homes with outbreaks that are growing extremely quickly, the death counts are mounting, and the hospitals are overstretched now,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/group-calls-for-military-intervention-in-ontario-long-term-care-homes-1.5251181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says Natalie Mehra<\/a>,<\/span> executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, which has recently called on Premier Doug Ford to call in the army to help deal with the situation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everythingzoomer.com\/health\/2021\/01\/14\/covid-19-what-we-know-about-the-second-wave-and-the-targeted-approach-for-protecting-canadians\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(January 5, 2021) By: Tara Losinski AND Peter Muggeridge Ontario is reporting 35 new deaths in long-term care and a record number of\u00a0 nursing homes are experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19. Today,\u00a0provincial data shows\u00a0that that 219 homes are dealing with an outbreak, smashing the mark of 190 set during the first wave. 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