May 3, 2020 by mayorpellegrini | May 3, 2020 | COVID-19 Update KEY UPDATES FEDERAL The Prime Minister announced: o A $240 million investment to bring health care online for primary and mental health care; funding will increase access and resources for Canadians by supporting the implementation of online tools and virtual appointments o $175.6 million to Vancouver-based biotech firm AbCellera Biologics, which researches and discovers next-generation antibody drugs to fight infection and disease § AbCellera has identified over 500 antibodies directly from a patient who has recovered from COVID-19 § Funding will help accelerate and expand AbCellera’s capabilities to combat COVID-19 § AbCellera and its partners expect human clinical trials to begin in July 2020 or earlier o A new COVID-19 Supply Council has been formed and tasked to find vital supplies to keep Canadians safe o A one-time top-up to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) – eligible families will receive an extra $300 per child as part of their regular May payment to help deal with added pressures of COVID-19 PROVINCIAL The Ontario Premier did not address the media today. YORK REGION · This year marks the 25th annual Emergency Preparedness Week (May 3 -9) · Allotment/Community Gardens will open in Ontario · Southlake Regional Health Centre’s COVID-19 assessment centre shifts to medical field tent Positive news around our region · McAlpine Ford Lincoln Sales Limited in the Town of Newmarket donated 300 face shields to York Region Paramedic Services showing their #SpiritofYR · The parking lot at Vaughan Mills has been converted into a drive-thru foodbank as volunteers hand out care packages to hundreds of families; today the Honourable Stephen Lecce was in attendance to lend a hand to volunteers · More than 1.1. million people have recovered from COVID-19 worldwide · Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19 In York Region, as of May 3, at 5 p.m. there are: 1,639 confirmed cases 27 new cases since yesterday75 confirmed cases in hospital, 17 of which are in Intensive Care 89 cases among health care workers · 4 new fatalities · 113 total confirmed deaths 754 resolved cases, which equals about 46% · 38 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: o 16 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes o 21 Community Care Settings o 1 Hospital · 6 institutional outbreaks declared over 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: · 17,553 total cases (12,005 resolved); with 1,216 related deaths in Ontario · 57,148 (434 increase) total cases; with 3,606 related deaths in Canada · Over 3.3 million total cases worldwide with cases in 215 countries, areas or territories; 238,730 related deaths with 1.1 million recoveries