Pandemic has added significantly to Canada\u0027s overall death toll: Ontario study
Not only did deaths in nursing homes soar compared to the number in previous years, but people died in their private homes at far higher rates than normal, the research concluded.
“This is an impact to our health that we didn’t see in previous years. It is higher than we ever had … If we didn’t put those policies in place, we could see a lot more mortality.”The paper was posted recently on a so-called “pre-print” site, meaning it has yet to be peer-reviewed, but is being submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
So at the urging of the coroner’s office, the paper’s authors instead collated data on cremations. That was possible because coroners must approve and issue a certificate for every cremation that occurs, information the agency keeps in an electronic database. A woman prays as she leaves flowers outside Residence Herron, a senior’s long-term care facility, following a number of deaths since the coronavirus disease outbreak, in the suburb of Dorval in Montreal Quebec, Canada April 13, 2020.The number of cremations rose from the earlier average by 8.4 per cent, or 517 deaths, in March; 32 per cent, 1,830 deaths, in April; and 20 per cent, 1,111 deaths, in May, the study found.
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