The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 at London's Grand Wood Park Retirement Residence Friday.

"Remember that coroners intervene in cases of deaths that are violent, obscure or could have occurred following negligence,'' the coroner's office said in a statement.

With seniors in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their only contact with the outside is often limited to phone calls.

On Monday, Quebec's coroner's office deemed the woman died of a heart attack and hypothermia.

The Manoir Saint-Augustin is home to 131 residents and was damaged by the blaze that began early Thursday, just after 1 a.m.

Police say all of the 70 or so residents were evacuated safely and none were injured, however they will not be able to return to their units.

Municipal police in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu identified the first victim as Jean-Guy Pronovost, who had been living in a residence in the community south of Montreal.

Staff at a seniors supportive living residence in Redstone have gone above and beyond to truly deck the halls.

Nine of the residences are expected to be affected by the strike for about a week, while one establishment could be disrupted for three days.

Marie-Rose Gauthier lived in an autonomous living apartment at a seniors' home in Saguenay, Que.