Nova Scotia struggles to contain coronavirus outbreak ravaging nursing home
By Greg Mercer and Kelly Grant
“The tragedy unfolding at Northwood is more proof that Canada is experiencing ‘a tale of two epidemics,’ Dr. Sinha said. At least 2,330 residents of Canadian seniors’ homes have died of COVID-19 as of Friday, according to Dr. Sinha and a team of researchers at the National Institute on Ageing, which has also been tracking deaths in nursing and retirement homes. That works out to about 70 per cent of Canada’s COVID-19 deaths.”