KEY UPDATES

 

FEDERAL

Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today.

Christmas Lights Across Canada has revamped its 2020 program to follow public health guidelines and help Canadians feel pride as the holiday season approaches.

PROVINCIAL

Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover was delivered by Finance Minister Rod Phillips; the plan sets out a total of $45 billion to support Ontarians over three years.

YORK REGION

Dr. Kurji has issued an Order made pursuant to Section 29.2(1) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act to Villa Da Vinci Retirement Residence.

Information has been posted to york.ca on the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework and the Region’s move to the Orange Restrict level as of 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2020. A statement has been issued thanking veterans, Canadians in uniform and their families for their service to our country in recognition of Veteran’s Week which runs from November 5 to 11, 2020. York Region’s flu campaign continues its digital takeover on yorkregion.com

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 November 5, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:

7,313 total confirmed cases 123 new cases* since yesterday93.1 average daily cases over past 7 days2 new hospitalizations50 confirmed cases in hospital, 6 of which are in Intensive Care 390 cases among health care workers, of which 388 cases have resolved*2 new fatalities280 total confirmed fatalities 6,187 resolved cases4.59% positivity rate** (explanation below) 52 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 15 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals) 9 Child Care Centres 9 Schools; 44 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing 19 Workplaces 284 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.

**The daily COVID-19 Council Update includes the 7-day average daily case numbers, new hospitalizations and positivity rate (positivity rate refers to the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests among all individuals being tested for COVID-19).

COMBINED CASE NUMBERS:

As of this morning, there are:

More than 47.9 million total cases worldwide (529, 256 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.2 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) 247,703 total cases (2,768 new); with 10,331 related fatalities in Canada (52 new); 205,647 resolved in Canada (as of November 4 at 7 p.m.) 80,690 total cases (998 new); with 3,195 related fatalities; 69,137 resolved in Ontario

KING TOWNSHIP

3 new cases reported today.