April 30, 2020

The Prime Minister provided an update on the search for a Canadian Armed Forces CH-148 Cyclone helicopter involved in an accident during a NATO training exercise off the coast of Greece

· The Prime Minister acknowledged that the Military is helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic by working in long-term care homes – # homes in Ontario, # homes in Montreal

· To support COVID-19, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will soon have more than 500 serving in 13 long-term care homes in and around Montreal; CAF teams have been deployed to assist in 5 long-term care homes in Ontario

PROVINCIAL

The Premier reiterated the government’s framework for re-opening the economy, stating we are getting closer to the targets we need to hit to safely re-open the economy

· The government safety guidelines released today will provide direction to those working in manufacturing, food manufacturing and processing, restaurant and food service and the agricultural sector; these measures build on more than 60 guidelines developed by Ontario’s health and safety associations in response to COVID-19 for various sectors such as retail, health care, construction, transportation, police services, firefighters and transit employees

· The sector-specific post-pandemic guidelines for employers provide practical measures to ensure workplace safety for employees and consumers while preventing the spread of COVID-19

YORK REGION

· We continue to update our york.ca/covid19 with new information including: a video on how to properly put on, take off and dispose of personal protective equipment

· Southlake Regional Health Centre is now following COVID-19 outbreak protocols after two patients and one staff member tested positive for the virus within the Medical Assessment and Consultation Unit (MACU)

· York Regional Council extends congratulations to York Regional Police Chief Eric Jolliffe on his retirement .

In York Region, as of April 30, at 5 p.m. there are:

– 1,522 confirmed cases

– 35 new cases since yesterday

– 5 new fatalities

– 56 confirmed cases in hospital, 17 of which are in Intensive Care

– 85 cases among health care workers

– 101 total confirmed deaths

– 674 resolved cases, which equals about 44%

– 40 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols:

o 15 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes

o 24 Community Care Settings

o 1 Hospital

– 3 institutional outbreaks declared over (1 new from yesterday)

The comprehensive list of outbreaks (including the number of resident and health care worker positive cases) is available on york.ca/covid19. The data can be filtered 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:

· 16,187 total cases (10,205 resolved); with 1,082 related deaths in Ontario

· 52,056 (459 increase) total cases; with 3,082 related deaths in Canada

· Over 3 million total cases worldwide with cases in 213 countries, areas or territories; 217,769 related deaths