KEY UPDATES

· There were no federal or provincial media briefs today, however the following was reported:

 

o Prime Minister issued a statement on Canadian Armed Forces Day

o Ontario allows all short-term rentals to operate (lodges, cottages, homes)

o Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer issued an update today on COVID-19

§ 95,057 confirmed cases with 53,614 (56%) now recovered

§ 7,773 fatalities

§ Noted Statistics Canada survey showing 92% are physical distancing, 95% are washing hands more regularly and almost one in five reported symptoms consistent with moderate or severe anxiety

§ Mental health is critical to our overall health, and as a community we must learn to prioritize it

· The Region highlighted today through Twitter and Facebook 1 in 4 York Region COVID-19 cases are in the 20-39 age group

· Toronto Public Health releases guidelines for re-opening restaurants

Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at //york.ca/covid19

2,628 total confirmed cases 12 new cases* since yesterday51 confirmed cases in hospital, 18 of which are in Intensive Care323 cases among health care workers, of which 282 cases have resolved*1 new fatality220 total confirmed fatalities 1,963 resolved cases13 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 4 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes 9 Community Care Settings 0 Hospital 0 Child Care Centre0 Emergency Housing 52 institutional outbreaks declared over

o Villa Colombo Vaughan Di Poce Centre; Vaughan

Kristus Darzs Latvian Home; VaughanBlue Door Shelter – Porter Place; East Gwillimbury

*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.

30,617 total cases (24,252 resolved); with 2,426 related fatalities in Ontario 95,057 total cases (722 increase in last 24 hours); with 7,773 related fatalities in Canada (70 new in the last 24 hours)

· Over 6.79 million total cases worldwide with cases in 216 countries, areas or territories; 397,388 related fatalities reported to WHO

KING TOWNSHIP

A little spike with 3 cases reported today.