{"id":9989,"date":"2020-04-09T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2020-04-09T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T00:58:49","slug":"ontario-health-coalition-reveals-london-area-long-term-care-homes-dealing-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-health-coalition-reveals-london-area-long-term-care-homes-dealing-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Health Coalition reveals London-area long-term care homes dealing with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By: Justin Zadorsky, CTV News<\/p>\n

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LONDON, ONT — An updated report from the Ontario Health Coalition is shedding light on just how many healthcare workers have been infected with COVID-19 across the region and the province.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, provincial health officials have confirmed that 513 out of 4,726 cases are healthcare workers, according to the report released Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

That works out to 10.9 per cent of cases being healthcare workers in hospitals and long-term care homes.<\/p>\n

Of those workers, 280 are healthcare and retirement home staff with 176 cases in residents at long-term care homes and 114 cases in residents at retirement homes.<\/p>\n

The report also breaks down known outbreaks in long-term care homes and retirement homes by region.<\/p>\n

London and Area<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of Monday the Health Coalition had tracked outbreaks at eight facilities within the Middlesex-London Health Unit:<\/p>\n