KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today
PROVINCIAL
Ontario’s Auditor General released a special report: COVID-19 Preparedness and Management.
The Ontario government announced preliminary guidance on safe holiday celebrations.
YORK REGION
York Region added a new accordion on york.ca/preventcovid19 related to Places of Worship and Section 22 orders
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 25, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
10,121 total confirmed cases 119 new cases* since yesterday150.3 average daily cases over past 7 days2 new hospitalizations50 confirmed cases in hospital, 10 of which are in Intensive Care392 cases among health care workers, of which 388 cases have resolved*No new fatalities300 total confirmed fatalities 8,682 resolved cases5.91% positivity rate** (explanation below)53 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 24 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)1 Child Care Centre9 Schools; 65 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing19 Workplaces 342 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 59.4 million total cases worldwide (527,326 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.4 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)342,444 total cases (4,889 new); with 11,618 related fatalities in Canada (97 new); 273,391 resolved in Canada (as of November 24 at 7 p.m.) 107,883 total cases (1,373 new); with 3,554 related fatalities; 91,550 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
NO NEW CASES reported today