April 26, 2020

o Resources within the Vulnerable Residents and Mental Health Resources accordion

· York Region Paramedic Services continues to provide a critical service for the community during COVID-19

· York Region reminds visitors to the York Regional Forest of the explicit rules in place

· The Eastern York Region North Durham Ontario Health Team Ontario provides essential services to seniors

· #spiritofyr campaign continues with showing support to York Region’s long-term care colleagues

Please visit http://king.ca/…/Departm…/Administration/Pages/COVID-19.aspx
for impacts on our programs and services

· Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19

In York Region, as of April 26, at 5 p.m. there are:

1,405 confirmed cases 18 new cases since yesterday

· 1 new fatality

43 confirmed cases are currently hospitalized; 16 of which are in Intensive Care 78 cases among health care workers

· 82 total confirmed deaths

506 resolved cases, which equals about 36%37 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 13 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes24 Community Care Settings

o One new outbreak Vita Community Living – 57 Mathewson Street, Vaughan

The comprehensive list of outbreaks including the number of resident and health care worker positive cases is available on York.ca/covid19
You can now filter institutional outbreak data by municipality.

To access this list, select the blue drop-down menu titled Interactive Dashboard – Outbreaks in Long-Term Care and Community Care Settings

As of this morning, there are:

· 14,432 total cases (8,000 resolved); with 835 related deaths in Ontario

· 45,791 (437 increase) total cases; with 2,489 related deaths in Canada

Over 2.8 million total cases worldwide with cases in 213 countries, areas or territories; 193,722 related deaths