A new COVID-19 case is reported almost daily inside a seniors' facility in the London region. But which ones have been the hardest hit? &nbsp;

Twenty-three families have lost loved ones since the pandemic began. By Friday,&nbsp;136 positive cases had been reported at multiple retirement or long term care homes.

Unlike other health units in Ontario, the Middlesex London Health Unit&nbsp;will not tell the public which homes the deceased or the sick were living in. It will not tell the public how many staff in each home have the virus. It does provide 

&nbsp;where an&nbsp;outbreak has occurred.&nbsp;

Why isn't MLHU reporting all the COVID-19 numbers? Ontario's privacy commissioner is concerned

Ontario’s privacy commissioner says he’s concerned about an inconsistency in the way public health units in Ontario are reporting on the presence of COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care facilities.

Brian Beamish, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, says he's concerned about a lack of uniformity in the reporting of COVID-19 cases in long-term care homes by public health units in the province. The public, he says, has a right to know when residents have tested positive.

Ontario Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish

CBC London contacted every home in London-Middlesex to better establish a picture of COVID-19 outbreaks in the community. This is what we learned&nbsp;to-date about specific cases and deaths, including staff infections&nbsp;inside local seniors' facilities.&nbsp;

Messages of hope have sprung up at Henley Place. The long-term care home has seen at least 10 COVID-19 cases and two deaths since the pandemic began. At least nine seniors' facilities have declared outbreaks in the region. 

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An outbreak of COVID-19 was declared at Kensington Village on April 3, 2020. 

Kensington Village

An outbreak was declared at Earl's Court Village on April 4, 2020. 

Earl's Court Retirement Village

An outbreak was declared at Meadow Park Long Term Care on April 04, 2020. 

Meadow Park Nursing Home

Grand Wood Park Retirement Living first declared an outbreak on March 31, 2020. 

Grand Wood Park Retirement Living

An outbreak was declared at Horizon Place Retirement Residence on April 15, 2020. 

Horizon Place Retirement Residence

Elmwood Place is among a number of long-term care homes in London, Ont. to declare a COVID-19 outbreak.

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An outbreak was declared at Peoplecare Oakcrossing on May 3, 2020. 

Oakcrossing London 

Messages thanking healthcare workers decorate Henley Place, a long-term care home in London, Ont. currently battling a COVID-19 outbreak. 

A closer look at COVID-19 outbreaks in seniors' facilities in London

Henley Place

Kensington Village

Earl's Court Village

Meadow Park

Grand Wood Park

Horizon Place

Elmwood Place

peopleCare Oakcrossing

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