Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers autorisés de l’Ontario

COVID-19 swept through long-term care (LTC) homes early, taking the lives of over 5,000 residents across Canada by late May and devastating thousands of family members and loved ones. It continues to break out in LTC homes in many jurisdictions across this country causing preventable deaths and deep grief.
  
These 5,000-plus deaths represented over 80 per cent of all COVID-19-related deaths in Canada.