Halton Region COVID-19 data suggests that long term care facilities account for 17% of the infections

News 100 redBy Pepper Parr

April 16th, 2020

BURLINGTON, ON

 

It’s a bit of a numbers game – with each level of government using their own data.

The public would love to see a single point where all the data resides.  Not likely to see that any day soon.

The Region provides the local data.  This afternoon they released the following:

April 16th

It is pretty clear now that the danger point is the long term care centres and the nursing homes – where in Halton Region 17% of the cases are from those locales.

Based on what we are getting from the Regional Public Health people – there have not been any deaths in the homes.

Hopefully that is due to the quality of the care being given and the very strict adherence to the rules and not luck.  The Long term care facilities are run by the Region where staff would be full time.

The data indicates that the really high at risk demographic is not taking the hit that other parts of the province are experiencing.

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4 comments to Halton Region COVID-19 data suggests that long term care facilities account for 17% of the infections

  • Steve

    I’ve been wondering for a while now, why the cover up of statistics in Burlington’s long term care facilities. Curious. It makes people not trust the government. Is that what they want, or don’t they care?

  • Eve St Clair

    World wide problem not just in Halton ,sadly.

  • Wendy

    In Halton Region there are only 3 Long Term care homes operated by the Region. Allendale in Milton, Creekway Village in Burlington and Post Inn Village in Oakville.

  • “Based on what we are getting from the Regional Public Health people – there have not been any deaths in the homes.” According to Joanna Frketich on April 15, 2020 the Halton Region aren’t telling which homes are related to six deaths in six Long Term Care outbreaks. In total 64 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in LTC and JBH outbreaks. The Region is refusing to say which homes this is occurring at.