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Dr. Theresa Tam: Almost half of the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Canada have occurred in long term care homes
BY , Apr 2, 2020 8:18 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam listens to questions at a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, says almost half of the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Canada have occurred in long term care homes.
Tam says at least 50 of the 111 deaths already confirmed took place in these high risk settings.
She says we need to double down on efforts to keep the novel coronavirus from spreading.
The number of Canadians testing positive for COVID-19 has now surpassed 10-thousand.
Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, revealed the latest numbers today at an Ottawa news conference.
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