2 more people dead amid COVID-19 outbreak Burlington's Tansley Woods LTC home

Two more people have died as a COVID-19 outbreak persistsatThe Village of Tansley Woods long-term care home in Burlington.

Schlegel Villages, Tansley Woods's operator, confirmed the deaths in an online update posted Monday and said both residents previouslytested positive for COVID-19.

That's four people dead in seven days.

"Our thoughts are with family and friends who are feeling this sorrow most acutely at this time," read the statement.

The statement said the people tending to residents care about them. It also saidteam members are not "the sole risk of transmission."

The vaccination rate among staffhas climbed since the first death last Monday.

Early lastweek,86 per cent of workershadtheir first dose of vaccineand 52 per cent were fully vaccinated.

As of Monday, the organizationstated "just over 90 per cent of staffhave committed to vaccination with their first dose, and 77 percent have had a second shot."

Schlegel Villages said 98.5 percent of residents have had a first dose and 97 per cent are fully vaccinated.

The organization stated it would not share the vaccination status of those with COVID-19 or how the virus spread in the home.

The statement saidsix residents are infected right now and so arethree staff. It states there was one new case over the weekendand eight resolved cases.

Halton Region Public Health, which has different figures, reportsthe total number of infections is 25, with 19 residents, two staff and four non-Halton cases.