June 6, 2020 by mayorpellegrini | Jun 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Update KEY UPDATES · There were no federal or provincial media briefs today, however the following was reported: o The federal government announces an additional $1.1 million to support national disability organizations to enhance accessible pandemic communitations and engagement activities o Ontario government extended all emergency orders currently in force until June 19, 2020, and in the justice system, extends the suspension of limitation periods and time periods in proceedings until September 11, 2020 o Prime Minister issued a statement on the 76th anniversary of D-Day o Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer issued an update today on COVID-19 § 94,335 confirmed cases with 52,568 (56%) now recovered § 7,703 fatalities § labs across Canada have tested over 1.8 million people with about 5% testing positive · York Region addresses the peaceful demonstrations occurring this weekend and advises participants on safety measures York Region and the United Way Greater Toronto thank front-line heroes Article highlights York Region Paramedic Services and that other medical emergencies still happen every day Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at //york.ca/covid19 2,617 total confirmed cases 19 new cases* since yesterday52 confirmed cases in hospital, 18 of which are in Intensive Care321 cases among health care workers, of which 279 cases have resolved*1 new fatality219 total confirmed fatalities 1,939 resolved cases16 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 6 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes 9 Community Care Settings 0 Hospital 0 Child Care Centre1 Emergency Housing 49 institutional outbreaks declared over *Data quality is an ongoing process and may result in the more/less cases reported on a day-over-day basis or other changes to how cases are classified (e.g., municipality, acquisition, etc.). These data quality activities have also resulted in the re-categorization of individuals. Data quality activities do not increase or decrease total case counts. NEW: All dashboard data, including case demographics and institutional outbreaks (including the number of resident and health care worker positive cases) can be found by clicking on the “COVID-19 in York Region” box, or for quick reference, is available here. The data can still be filtered by municipality. 30,202 total cases (23,947 resolved); with 2,407 related fatalities in Ontario 94,335 total cases (265 increase in last 24 hours); with 7,703 related fatalities in Canada (51 new in the last 24 hours) · Over 6.6 million total cases worldwide with cases in 216 countries, areas or territories; 392,802 related fatalities reported to WHO KING TOWNSHIP No new cases reported in King today!
