KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Began announcement providing an update on efforts to increase made-in-Canada supplies and PPE for the national response to COVID-19
Two new contracts have been signed to ensure front line health care workers have the supplies they needs to stay safe and care for Canadians
1.2 medical gowns have been procured with deliveries beginning in July, along with the
production of 50 million medical show covers and 5 million disinfectant wipes
Prime Minister Trudeau thanked Canadian businesses for stepping up to contribute to the fight against COVID-19
As more people return to work the need for PPE will continue to grow
On Saturday, June 6 a shipment of 160,000 litres of hand sanitizer arrived in Vancouver with six more shipments expected in days ahead
One million face shields and 7 million medical gloves are being distributed to the provinces
Government of Canada has launched a new PPE supply hub to help connect businesses,
provinces and front line workers with supplies they need
As life slowly begins to return to normal the Prime Minister encouraged Canadians to shop local while practicing physical distancing
With more businesses re-opening, more employers are using the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to rehire employees
– Federal government has set up a hotline for small enterprises and charitable organizations to access financial and accounting assistance – 1-866-989-1080
Legislation has been presented to Parliament to increase supports to Canadians, including those with disabilities
PROVINCIAL
The Premier began his address by expressing condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Rueben Devlin, and expressing his thanks and gratitude for all Dr. Devlin did for health care as his special health care advisor and former CEO of Humber River Hospital
Premier also thanked Chief Mark Saunders for all he has done while leading the Toronto Police Services, given the Chief’s resignation announcement yesterday afternoon
Province permitting child care centres across the Province to re-open as of Friday, June 12, provided they follow a number of restrictions and meet Provincial guidelines
Guidelines include limiting children/staff to groups of 10 or less, allowing only essential visitors inside, implementing drop-off and pick-up procedures and promoting physical distancing
Emergency child care centres to support first responders will be phased down by June 26
Summer day camps allowed to re-open, with restrictions, as part of Stage 2 in the Province
YORK REGION
· Child care re-opening across the Province on June 12
o Summer day camp programs can also re-open
· Province proposing legislative changes to the Commercial Tenancies Act to delay evictions
· Ontario records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than 10 weeks
· York Region Public Health joined Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda yesterday to discuss how contact tracing is performed
· Georgina beaches remain closed, select parks are open
· COVID-19: The psychological reason you’re craving the outdoors so much during lockdown
· An Instragram story was shared with helpful tips on safely connecting with family and friends
YorkRegion.com featured York Region’s invitation to residents to share their experiences, feelings and thoughts in the time of COVID-19 to help future generations understand the unprecedented pandemic in our lifetime
Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19data
2,695 total confirmed cases 48 new cases* since yesterday56 confirmed cases in hospital, 18 of which are in Intensive Care329 cases among health care workers, of which 285 cases have resolved*0 new fatalities222 total confirmed fatalities 1,997 resolved cases11 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 4 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes 7 Community Care Settings 0 Hospital 0 Child Care Centre0 Emergency Housing 54 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.
31,090 total cases (24,829 resolved); with 2,464 related fatalities in Ontario 96,244 total cases (545 increase in last 24 hours); with 7,835 related fatalities in Canada (35 new in the last 24 hours)Over 7.0 million total cases worldwide with cases in 216 countries, areas or territories; 404,396 related fatalities reported to WHO
KING TOWNSHIP
2 new cases reported in King today bringing our total to 37.