Ontario deaths from COVID-19 concentrated in those above 80

Across Ontario COVID-19 has shuttered the economy, left people unemployed, and businesses wondering if they will ever be able to recover. Yet new numbers from the province show that as of Wednesday, just a little more than 200 deaths from the coronavirus across the province had occurred outside of long-term care facilities or retirement homes. On Wednesday, the province reported 1,429 deaths from COVID-19. Of those deaths, 152 had occurred in retirement homes and 1,074 in long-term care facilities. That leaves just 203 in the wider community between the end of January when the first cases appeared and May 6 when these numbers were reported.-- More...