KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today
PROVINCIAL
Premier Ford announced the provincial government is hiring an additional 500 contact tracers and case managers to build up public health surge capacity and assist with contact tracing in Ontario;
YORK REGION
For Wednesday, October 14, 2020, York Region is reporting 128 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily case count to date
York Region is reporting two new outbreaks today in school setting, both resulting in the schools being closed until October 26; This marks the first to school closures in York Region due to COVID-19. The schools in outbreak include: Holy Name Catholic School in the Township of King and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School in the City of Vaughan
COVID-19 IN YORK REGION:
Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19data. As of October 14, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
5,215 total confirmed cases 128 new cases* since yesterday, 38 confirmed cases in hospital, 7 of which are in Intensive Care391 cases among health care workers, of which 398 cases have resolved*No new fatalities259 total confirmed fatalities 4,369 resolved cases44 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 19 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)0 Child Care Centres2 School; 29 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing23 Workplaces 219 closed outbreaks
*Data quality is an on-going 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 38 million total cases worldwide (287,031 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)186,881 total cases (4,042 new); with 9,654 related fatalities in Canada (27 new); 157,486 resolved in Canada (as of October 13, 7 p.m.) 61,413 total cases (721 new); with 3,017 related fatalities; 52,512 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
Unfortunately 7 new cases reported today.
Total Confirmed Cases 113
Total Resolved 86
Total Active 24
Total Deaths 3