An 80-year-old woman tied to an outbreak at a Loveland long-term care facility has died after contracting the new coronavirus.
Larimer County health officials on Wednesday confirmed that the woman, a resident at North Shore Health & Rehab Facility, had died after contracting COVID-19.
The identity of the woman was not immediately known. She died at Medical Center of the Rockies, said Yvonne Myers, director of Health Systems at Columbine Health Systems. Columbine operates North Shore.
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“As soon as we knew (there was a positive case) we worked as hard as we could,” Myers said. “We shut down the building, stopped visitors and families in the dining room, isolated staff to only working with certain groups, had CDC and CDPHE calls, and sometimes meetings, daily. Training staff and all that effort is helping us now. We are just sorry she passed. Truly, we’re all sorry.”
Myers choked back tears while discussing the death with a Coloradoan reporter.
“All the things everyone is doing (including Larimer County’s stay-at-home order), trying to bend the curve to have an impact … we’re sorry we had any impact on something we didn’t start. That’s the dichotomy. That feeling that we didn’t do this, we’ve done everything we can and we’re so sorry she passed.”
One other North Shore COVID-19 positive patient had been hospitalized, Myers said. That female patient went home with Columbine’s home care team and “she’s much better.”