May 7, 2020

FEDERAL

Prime Minister indicated 265 Canadian Armed forces members have been deployed to five long term care facilities; thanked all those deployed and front-line workers for their dedication

· 1,200 Canadian Rangers have been deployed to help with the fight against COVID-19 – by next week 1,350 military personnel expected to be in action

· Today announced all provinces and territories have confirmed, or are in the process of confirming, plans to cost share wage top-ups for essential workers

· Provinces and territories will determine who qualifies for wage increase

· Emphasized “If you are risking your health to keep this country moving and you are making minimum wage, you deserve a raise”

PROVINCIAL

The Premier announced trends are improving and the province now has developed a framework in collaboration with the hospitals to gradually resume elective surgeries and medical procedures

· The province understands there has been a lot of anxiety for those in need of priority cardiac and cancer surgeries and help is on the way

· Hospitals and patients are preparing – but there is no firm timeline on when surgeries and procedures will resume

YORK REGION

· Today is National Child and Youth Mental Health Day; family mental health coping resources and strategies are available at york.ca/covid19

In York Region as of May 7, at 5 p.m. there are:

1,767 confirmed cases 35 new cases* since yesterday74 confirmed cases in hospital, 13 of which are in Intensive Care 90 cases among health care workers, of which 62 cases have resolved (69%)

· 2 new fatalities

· 126 total confirmed deaths

843 resolved cases, which equals about 48%

· 40 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols:

o 16 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes

o 23 Community Care Settings

o 1 Hospital

· 7 institutional outbreaks declared over

*Data quality is an on-going process and may result, from time to time, in our reported case numbers not matching up day-over-day.

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:

· 19,121 total cases (13,569 resolved); with 1,477 related deaths in Ontario

· 63,895 total cases (399 increase in last 24 hours); with 4,280 related deaths in Canada

· Over 3.67 million total cases worldwide with cases in 215 countries, areas or territories; 254,199 related deaths

KING TOWNSHIP

4th day without any new cases.