Hundreds of Canadians are still dying of COVID-19 every week. Who are they? – CBC

Deaths in Canada remain stubbornly high, with elderly often bearing the brunt in busy hospitals

Nov 02, 2022

Even in her 80s, Josephine Moschitto still cheered on her beloved Toronto Blue Jays, went grocery shopping near her retirement home, and had recently discovered the joys of playing Wordle on her iPad.

The Mississauga, Ont., resident lost her husband of six decades in early 2021, and had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. But she was healthy, mobile and still enjoyed time with family, including a lunch with her loved ones in September.

“And she looked perfectly fine,” her son Victor recalled. “We were all talking, laughing … then a week later, circumstances changed.”

That’s when Josephine started showing symptoms of COVID-19. And, despite her having received four vaccine doses, the virus took a serious toll.

The 89-year-old went to a local hospital in late September, and spent a few days in a bed in the emergency department, waiting for a room. At first her illness seemed mild — with none of the telltale breathing problems that used to strike so many COVID patients — but she slowly began to decline.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-deaths-canada-winter-2022-1.6637476