A health-care worker at Brampton Civic Hospital has died from complications linked to COVID-19, marking the first time an Ontario hospital has confirmed the death of one of its employees amid the pandemic. "The health-care worker, a long-time environmental services associate with Osler's Brampton Civic Hospital, was being cared for in Brampton Civic Hospital's intensive care unit," the organization said in a statement. In its latest update Thursday, Ontario confirmed 483 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 5,759. Some 2,305 cases are considered resolved, or about 40 per cent of Ontario's total COVID-19 cases. Of the 632 people hospitalized in Ontario with the virus, 264 are in intensive care units, while 214 are on ventilators.

Source: CBC News April 09, 2020 17:35 UTC