Fully vaccinated woman died with COVID-19 at Kitchener long-term care home
A fully vaccinated 90-year-old woman who lived at a Kitchener, Ont., long-term care home has died after contracting COVID-19, officials reported Sunday.
The woman lived at the Village of Winston Park, where there is currently an outbreak of the virus. There are nine cases at the home — four among staff and five among residents. This is the first death during this most recent outbreak.
Schlegel Villages, which runs the home, posted on its website that the woman had "only shown mild symptoms but, as we have seen through the course of the pandemic, the virus can change quickly."
Waterloo Region, which includes Kitchener, has seen a high number of cases in the past week. Health officials say the highly transmissible delta variant is playing a role in the spread of the virus, although it can take weeks to confirm that a variant of concern is specifically the delta variant. The delta variant, also known as B1617, is the variant first detected in India.
