37 residents and 21 staff at a Hagersville long-term care home have COVID-19

Four people have died and 58 residents and staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at a long-term care home in Hagersville — cases the health unit says can be traced back to a funeral.

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit says 37 residents have the virus. Four residents at the 101-person care centre have died from it, and the health unit is investigating whether a fifth death is related to COVID-19. Twenty-one Anson Place staff members have tested positive and 35 staff have tested negative for COVID-19.

The health unit is helping the centre find staff to fill in at the home, the unit said in a media release Sunday.

"Health unit staff have determined that a significant number of the positive cases at Anson Place can be traced to attendance at a funeral," the release read. 

All staff caring for residents at Anson Place are in isolation, except for when they are traveling to and from work, the health unit said.

"Residents are in self-isolation in their rooms, and staff are wearing full personal protective equipment to protect themselves and residents and prevent the spread of the virus," the health unit said.

COVID-19 has touched another long-term care home in Haldimand and Norfolk counties too. A non-clinical staff member at Norview Lodge in Simcoe has COVID-19.

Residents are isolated in their rooms and staff members are wearing protective equipment, the health unit said, but no residents have tested positive.

Haldimand-Norfolk has 61 cases as of Sunday. Five have died and six have recovered.

At least 36 long-term care homes in Ontario have COVID-19 outbreaks, and those outbreaks have contributed to at least 55 of Ontario's 139 deaths related to the virus.