KEY UPDATES

FEDERAL

  • Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media on Tuesday, September 1 or Wednesday, September 2, 2020

PROVINCIAL

  • The provincial government today announced enhanced cleaning and safety measures as part of the comprehensive safety guidance for transit systems and passengers 

YORK REGION 

  • York Region continues to work with local school boards on the safe re-opening of schools, adding additional resources to the dedicated web page at york.ca/safeatschool

COVID-19 IN YORK REGION:

Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19. As of September 2, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:

3,484 total confirmed cases 7 new cases* since yesterday, 13 confirmed cases in hospital, 3 of which are in Intensive Care388 cases among health care workers, of which 386 cases have resolved*No new fatalities253 total confirmed fatalities 3,133 resolved cases3 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 2 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes 1 Community Care Settings 0 Hospital 0 Child Care Centre0 Emergency Housing 74 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. 

COMBINED CASE NUMBERS: 

As of this morning, there are:

More than 25.6 million total cases worldwide (245,984 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; 852,758 related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)129,425 total cases (477 new); with 9,132 related fatalities in Canada (6 new); 114,607 resolved in Canada (as of September 1, 7 p.m.)

  • 42,554 total cases (133 new); with 2,812 related fatalities; 38,506 resolved in Ontario 

KING TOWNSHIP

NO ACTIVE cases of COVID-19 in King, thank you all.