{"id":21793,"date":"2020-04-03T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/hamilton-sees-its-2nd-death-from-covid-19-at-heritage-green-nursing-home\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T19:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:42:42","slug":"hamilton-sees-its-2nd-death-from-covid-19-at-heritage-green-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamilton-sees-its-2nd-death-from-covid-19-at-heritage-green-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton sees its 2nd death from COVID-19 at Heritage Green nursing home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hamilton has seen its second fatality at the hands of the COVID-19 virus, as another senior-aged resident at Heritage Green Nursing Home in Stoney Creek has <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6767799\/coronavirus-hamilton-heritage-green-nursing-home-resident-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died due to complications from the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The 88 year-old woman died this past Monday at the nursing home, less than a week after Heritage Green saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanicity.com\/hamilton\/city\/2020\/03\/hamilton-confirms-its-first-death-related-to-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate 80 year-old resident become infected with and die<\/a> from the novel coronavirus after being hospitalized at St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Second <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID%E3%83%BC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#COVID\u30fc19<\/a> at Heritage Green Nursing Home in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamilton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Hamilton<\/a> kept secret; secrecy around the death was revealed on the same day that Premier Doug Ford talked about the importance of being \u2018upfront and honest\u2019 during the pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLxcyDECYg\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/nLxcyDECYg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fs64OkkOeC\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Fs64OkkOeC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Flamborough Review (@FlamReview) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlamReview\/status\/1246062394574385152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These tragic fatalities, the only current confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in the city, come shortly after the news that Heritage Green had <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanicity.com\/hamilton\/city\/2020\/03\/a-long-term-care-home-in-stoney-creek-has-declared-an-outbreak-of-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared an outbreak of the virus<\/a> at the nursing home.<\/p>\n\n<p>As of earlier this week, 17 residents and 10 staff at the residence displayed symptoms of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, Hamilton has seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamilton.ca\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">127 confirmed positive cases<\/a> of COVID-19; 29 of which indicate that there is community spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamilton has seen its second fatality at the hands of the COVID-19 virus, as another senior-aged resident at Heritage Green Nursing Home in Stoney Creek has died due to complications from the virus. 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