People living in long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada
have been far more likely to die of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) than the rest of the population. 1 How-
ever, the effect of COVID-19 on residents in LTC has varied across
provinces and territories. For example, as of Sept. 10, 2020,
according to publicly available data, there were 5965 resident
cases and 1817 resident deaths in Ontario LTC facilities com-
pared to 466 cases and 156 deaths in British Columbia care facil­
ities (Table 1). 2,3 Rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (7.6% v. 1.7%, respectively)
and COVID-19 mortality (2.3% v. 0.6%, respectively) among resi-
dents in LTC were several times higher in Ontario than British
Columbia, although case fatality rates were similar.

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