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These are the GTA long-term care homes hardest-hit by COVID-19

Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes have accounted for morethan 62per cent of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic. These are the hardest-hit homes so far.

Province has reported more than 1,200 deaths at its long-term care homes

Torontos Seven Oaks long-term care home has lost 41 residents to COVID-19 during its outbreak. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes have accounted for morethan 62per cent of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic so far.

As of May 22, the number of long-term care deathshas reached 1,262 in the province's official reporting.

In the Greater Toronto Area, the novel coronavirus has ravaged dozens of facilities that are home to some of the province's most vulnerable residents.

In the graph below, you can see the staggering number of homes in the GTA that have reported five or more deaths since the start of the crisis, along with totalcases among residents and staff.

The list includes just a fraction of the 211Ontario long-term care facilities that have reportedoutbreaks as of May 22.