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18 residents dead after coronavirus outbreak at

Salvation Army long-term care home..

Eighteen residents are dead and 50 have tested positive after a coronavirus

outbreak at a long-term care facility in midtown Toronto.

Officials at the Salvation Army Meighen Health Centre on Davisville Avenue

near Yonge Street said the residents who have the virus are isolating in their

rooms and their families have been contacted.

Initially, officials said 16 residents had died, but later on in the day,

Coun. Josh Matlow who represents the riding said the death toll rose to 18.

“Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with the family members

who have lost their loved ones,” the long-term care home said in a statement.

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