More Than 90% of COVID-19 Canadian Deaths Are From Those Over Age 60

A person wearing protective equipment looks out of a window at the Herron seniors residence on April 13, 2020 in Dorval near Montreal's Trudeau airport. Thirty-one residents are confirmed to have died in the past month. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)

OTTAWA—Quebec continues to lead the country in deaths and infections from COVID-19 with many of the victims being elderly.

Canada has seen 25,682 confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases including 780 deaths due to the virus.

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, says outbreaks in long-term care homes are the most crucial COVID-19 problem coming out of the last two weeks of the pandemic.

Tam is urging all Canadians to continue to stay home to keep older people, who are most at risk, from dying.

More than 90 percent of the Canadians who have died are over the age of 60, according to statistics Tam issued last week.

On Monday she said half of the deaths in Canada from COVID-19 had occurred in long-term care homes.