May 10, 2020 by mayorpellegrini | May 10, 2020 | COVID-19 Update KEY UPDATES HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY · There were no announcements today from Prime Minister Trudeau or Premier Ford · Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued an online statement that included the following details: o 67,966 positive cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 4,728 deaths o More than 47% of all positive cases are now resolved o Labs across Canada tested over 1,090,000 people, with about 6% testing positive o Encouraging Canadians to continue protecting the health of each other by practicing physical distancing on Mother’s Day · Ontario confirmed 294 new COVID-19 cases, lowest number reported in nearly six weeks Positive news around our region: · Finding peace in a pandemic: How York Region seeks Zen in troubled times · York Region extended a big Thank You to all mothers this Mother’s Day for all they do Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19 In York Region as of May 10, at 5 p.m. there are: 1,853 confirmed cases 23 new cases* since yesterday88 confirmed cases in hospital, 20 of which are in Intensive Care89 cases among health care workers, of which 65 cases have resolved (71%) · 1 new fatality · 132 total confirmed deaths 909 resolved cases, which equals about 49% · 36 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: o 18 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes o 17 Community Care Settings o 1 Hospital · 14 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: · 20,238 total cases (14,772 resolved); with 1,634 related deaths in Ontario · 67,996 total cases (2,597 increase in last 24 hours); with 4,728 related deaths in Canada · Over 3.92 million total cases worldwide with cases in 215 countries, areas or territories; 274,488 related deaths KING TOWNSHIP No new cases reported today.
