OTTAWA, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The death toll from an unidentified respiratory illness at a Toronto nursing home rose to 10 but the outbreak was "under control", a health official said on Tuesday.
"Although the condition of some ill residents has worsened andunfortunately four more have died, others are improving and we areconfident this outbreak is under control," said David McKeown, Toronto's medical officer of health, in a statement.
The new fatalities included two women aged 94 and 82, and a 92-year-old man. Details of the fourth victim were not immediately known.
In addition, two new cases were reported on Tuesday.The causes of the illness remain unknown.
So far 70 residents, 12 employees and 2 visitors at Seven Oaks nursing home have been affected by the outbreak which began on Sept. 25, and 40 residents had been admitted to hospital.
Further deaths are a strong possibility, given how ill some of the elderly patients are, McKeown said.
While the outbreak remains "more serious" than average, it remains just one of hundreds of similar outbreaks that occur every year, he noted. Enditem
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