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From the pandemic to Black Lives Matter protests, CBC News photographer Evan Mitsui was there to capture the biggest stories of 2020.
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Posted: Dec 30, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Torontonians attend a vigil at the North York Civic Centre on Jan. 9 during a vigil to mourn those lost in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Posted: Dec 29, 2020 6:43 PM ET | Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Jessica Wong, a protest organizer, said demonstrators gathered outside Tendercare Living Centre on Tuesday to draw attention to the plight of the long-term care home. The province needs to take more action to help the home, she says.(Talia Ricci/CBC)
Dozens of people demonstrated outside a Scarborough long-term care home on Tuesday to demand that the province take more action to help the facility as it fights to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
Tendercare Living Centre has lost 48 residents to COVID-19 as of Monday, according to North York General Hospital (NYGH), which has been asked by the Ontario government to help manage the home temporarily. Tendercare has 254 beds.
TORONTO A long-term care home in Scarborough in the grips of a COVID-19 outbreak has recorded two more deaths as a result of the disease. The death toll related to the novel coronavirus at the Tendercare Living Centre in Scarborough now sits at 43, according to North York General Hospital (NYGH), which took over control of the home on Christmas Day. “We express our deepest condolences to those who have lost a family member or friend to this devastating virus,” a spokesperson said in a news release issued Monday. Meanwhile, there are 107 residents with COVID-19 at the home, down from the 128 residents reported in the last 24-hour period, which the hospital called a “positive sign.”
43 deaths, 150 active COVID-19 cases reported at Scarborough LTC home
by Caryn Ceolin and Meredith Bond
Posted Dec 28, 2020 2:36 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 28, 2020 at 8:23 pm EDT
Summary
Forty-one residents have died and almost 200 residents and staff have contracted COVID-19 at Tendercare Living Centre.
North York General Hospital has taken over control of the long-term care for the next 90 days.
Families of residents have started a WhatsApp group to communicate after failing to get in touch with staff.
A long-term care (LTC) home in Scarborough has been taken over by North York General Hospital after 43 residents have died and almost 200 cases of COVID-19 were reported at the facility.