KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau and Canadian health officials provided an update on Canada’s vaccine strategy;
Applications for the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy are open.
PROVINCIAL
The Ontario government announced the deployment of COVID-19 rapid tests to regions with high transmission and rural and remote areas;
YORK REGION
York Region can assist those finding it difficult to pay rent.
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 24, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
10,007 total confirmed cases 142 new cases* since yesterday153.1 average daily cases over past 7 daysNo new hospitalizations48 confirmed cases in hospital, 8 of which are in Intensive Care392 cases among health care workers, of which 388 cases have resolved*No new fatalities300 total confirmed fatalities 8,553 resolved cases5.75% positivity rate** (explanation below)51 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 24 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)1 Child Care Centre9 Schools; 62 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing17 Workplaces 341 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 58.9 million total cases worldwide (463,730 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.3 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)337,555 total cases (5,713 new); with 11,521 related fatalities in Canada (66 new); 269,199 resolved in Canada (as of November 23 at 7 p.m.) 106,510 total cases (1,009 new); with 3,519 related fatalities; 90,074 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
7 new cases reported today.