March 9, 2021 – The Globe and Mail
One year from Canada’s first COVID-19 deaths, what do the numbers tell us?
By: Kelly Grant
But the virus hasn’t been equally lethal to all seniors. Those living in congregate settings were infected and killed at significantly higher rates than seniors living on their own, according to a research letter that Toronto geriatricians Samir Sinha and Nathan Stall published last fall. The gap between the two groups was larger in Canada than in 11 other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the researchers found.