KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau began his announcement thanking Canadians for their efforts in the fight against COVID-19
Beginning to feel as if we have turned the corner in the crisis
Thanks to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy 2.6 million Canadians have remained or returned to the workforce
Reiterated the CERB has been extended for an additional two months
Canadian innovation has yielded great results for Canadian business and manufacturing throughout crisis
Announced $100 million investment in new Merit Functional Foods facility in Winnipeg will lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs
Reiterated $94 million investment to support health, sexual and reproductive rights of most vulnerable women and girls around the world
PROVINCIAL
Premier Doug Ford began his announcement by acknowledging the thousands of small businesses who safely re-opened businesses over the weekend
Ontario is trending in the right direction with testing at an all-time high and new cases at the lowest number in months
Announced Toronto and Peel will enter Stage 2 effective Wednesday, June 24
Announced Windsor-Essex will remain in Stage 1 until further notice
Provincial government continues to work with municipalities to get every region in Ontario re-opened
Government is proactively testing on farms and in food processing plants
Provided $15 million in support for the agri-food sector to help farmers protect workers
Provincial government continues to advocate for more supports for farmers and the agri-food sector
YORK REGION
· On behalf of the GTHA Mayors and Chairs, City of Toronto Mayor John Tory released a statement reiterating the GTHA’s commitment to the successful restart and re-opening of the economy; the statement can be found on both Facebook and Twitter
· York Region continues to enhance information on the COVID-19 pandemic through york.ca/covid19
· New enhancements include a new Maps tab on the interactive dashboard, which provides a visual way to see the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents based in residence while protecting the confidentiality of personal health information
· Dr. Kurji released his weekly video where he discusses the work our hospital partners are doing to expand mobile testing to the migrant farming community
· York Region has invited 100 representatives from the local tech community to join and participate in Collision Conference’s virtual Collision from Home
· Southlake gradually resuming elective surgeries, procedures
Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19data. As of June 22, at 5 p.m. there are:
2,310 total confirmed cases 19 new cases* since yesterday36 confirmed cases in hospital, 13 of which are in Intensive Care334 cases among health care workers, of which 308 cases have resolved*1 new fatality 237 total confirmed fatalities 2,310 resolved cases4 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 3 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes 1 Community Care Settings 0 Hospital 0 Child Care Centre0 Emergency Housing 62 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.
All dashboard data, including workplace outbreaks, 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.
COMBINED CASE NUMBERS:
As of this morning, there are:
Over 8.8 million total cases worldwide with cases in 216 countries, areas or territories; 465,740 related fatalities reported to WHO101,337 total cases (390 new); with 8,430 related fatalities in Canada (20 new); 63,886 resolved in Canada 33,637 total cases (161 new); with 2,609 related fatalities; 28,933 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
One new case reported