by Tom Coombe
At least one resident of an Ely assisted living facility has died from COVID-19, and four deaths were reported there over the weekend.
A news release issued Tuesday by Carefree Living reported “with a heavy heart, four resident deaths within our community."
The news release did not identify COVID-19 as a cause of death, but an obituary notice indicated that the death of one of the residents, an 83-year-old woman from Ely, was attributed to the virus.
Local health officials indicated last week that there has been “an outbreak" of COVID-19 cases as the Ely assisted living facility, involving both residents and at least one staff member. Since Aug. 27, the cumulative count of COVID-19 cases within the Ely 55731 zip coded climbed from nine to 21, with several cases attributed to Carefree.