First city-run long-term care home resident dies of COVID-19

By OttawaMatters Staff

Posted May 8, 2020 10:40:00 PM.

The City of Ottawa has confirmed a resident at the Peter D. Clark Home has died due to complications arising from COVID-19. This marks the first death of a resident related to COVID-19.

Community and Social Services general manager Donna Gray made the announcement and expressed her condolences in a memo, Friday evening.

“Regardless of the circumstances, we are always saddened when we lose a resident in our long-term care homes but the first loss of a resident to the virus in a city home strikes us all especially hard,” Gray said in a statement.

Gray adds staff at home were able to “ensure family was present” with their loved one in their final days.

The city has also previously reported two other outbreaks at city-run homes including the Garry J. Armstrong and Centre D'Accueil Champlain homes.

Currently, there 23 on-going outbreaks at institutions in Ottawa.

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