St Basil’s Home for Aged Care in Fawkner has been one of the hardest hit aged care centres of Melbourne with 139 cases linked to COVID-19 (84 residents, 43 staff cases and 12 contact cases). On Sunday, 19 deaths had been associated with the facility.
This morning, it was confirmed by Spiz Dimitriou that his father, John Dimitriou, had passed away overnight as one of the eight deaths of 13 related to aged care on Monday. The announcement was made on the Facebook site United Voice & Support for St Basil’s (Fawkner) residents & loved ones set up by relatives of residents at St Basil’s.
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At the moment there are 1,089 active cases of COVID-19 from around 79 aged care facilities of which 642 are related to residents. There have been 77 deaths, most of these from St Basil’s.
The break-up is as follows:
St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner – 139 cases
Resident cases – 84
Staff cases – 43
Contact cases – 12
Epping Gardens Aged Care in Epping – 130 cases
Resident cases – 78
Staff cases – 46
Contact cases – 6
Estia Aged Care Facility in Ardeer – 106 cases
Resident cases – 50
Staff cases – 56
Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes in Kilsyth – 101 cases
Resident cases – 45
Staff cases – 41
Contact cases – 15
Estia Aged Care Facility in Heidelberg – 88 cases
Resident cases – 25
Staff cases – 47
Contact cases – 16
Glendale Aged Care Facility – 65 cases
Resident cases – 33
Staff cases – 23
Contact cases – 9
Menarock Life Aged Care in Essendon – 63 cases
Resident cases – 20
Staff cases – 25
Contact cases – 18
Aurrum Aged Care Facility in Plenty – 61 cases
Resident cases – 42
Staff cases – 15
Contact cases – 4
Outlook Gardens Aged Care facility in Dandenong North – 58 cases
Resident cases – 22
Staff cases – 28
Contact cases – 8
BaptCare Wyndham Lodge in Werribee – 55 cases
Resident cases – 28
Staff cases – 27
Contact cases – 0