KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau announced former NATO commander Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin will lead Canada’s vaccine distribution efforts;
The governments of Canada and Ontario are committing up to $11.5 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership for new programs to increase processing capacity and help farmers adjust to current market challenges.
PROVINCIAL
Ontario reports record-breaking COVID-19 cases with 1,855 infections.
Premier Ford called on the federal government to provide certainty as COVID-19 vaccine preparation continues;
The Ontario government moved select regions to new levels in the COVID-19 Response Framework;
YORK REGION
York Region remains in Red-Control zone. The Ontario government is investing up to $15 million to expand the Community Paramedicine program for Long-Term Care.
A COVID-19 enforcement task force media release was issued, outlining inspections and charges for Friday, November 27, 2020.
During today’s enforcement blitz, the task force conducted 439 inspections, issued 8 charges and conducted 686 compliance education activities. An Enforcing COVID-19 Regulations web page has been added to york.ca/covid19
Positive news around our region:
York Region launches Black Friday safety blitz targeting COVID-19 rule-breakersShoppers face long Black Friday lineups as Vaughan Mills sets capacity limitNewmarket volunteer does what she can to brighten days of lonely, isolated seniors
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 27, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
10,453 total confirmed cases 171 new cases* since yesterday148 average daily cases over past 7 daysNo new hospitalizations51 confirmed cases in hospital, 8 of which are in Intensive Care392 cases among health care workers, of which 388 cases have resolved*3 new fatalities303 total confirmed fatalities 9,036 resolved cases5.42% positivity rate** (explanation below)50 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 24 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)2 Child Care Centre6 Schools; 68 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing18 Workplaces 351 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 60.5 million total cases worldwide (441,157 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.4 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) 353,097 total cases (5,631 new); with 11,799 related fatalities in Canada (89 new); 280,923 resolved in Canada (as of November 26 at 7 p.m.) 111,216 total cases (1,855 new); with 3,595 related fatalities; 94,366 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
3 new cases reported today.