Health officials have removed 23 residents from a private seniors' complex in Montreal's east end after staff abandoned the facility over fears of COVID-19, Radio-Canada has learned. The residence's owner and his family were left to care for them on their own, according to Radio-Canada. The residence is not mentioned on the Health Minister's list of long-term care homes with outbreaks. Quebec's long-term homes hit hardTo date, 26,594 Quebec residents have tested positive for COVID‑19 and 1,761 have died. Crippling staff shortages in these homes and the health network as a whole have only added to the problem.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2020 00:22 UTC