KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today.
Federal ministers and health officials provided an overview of the procurement and regulatory process of COVID-19 vaccines;
PROVINCIAL
The provincial government provided additional details on Ontario’s vaccination roll-out plan, with first vaccines anticipated to arrive in early 2021;
The Ontario government is investing nearly $4.4 million to support the long-term sustainability of the province’s tourism industry.
YORK REGION
Southlake Regional Health Centre has assumed management of King City Lodge Nursing Home in the Township of King to provide enhanced support for a COVID-19 outbreak.
York Region shared information about voluntary school-based saliva testing for COVID-19 in York Region schools at york.ca/SafeAtSchool; a list of participating schools is included York Region hospitals updated their visitation policies to better protect staff and patients from COVID-19
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 December 3, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
11,575 total confirmed cases 146 new cases* since yesterday187.4 average daily cases over past 7 days109.3 total cases per 100K population**3 new hospitalizations62 confirmed cases in hospital, 11 of which are in Intensive Care393 cases among health care workers, of which 390 cases have resolved*2 new fatalities 312 total confirmed fatalities 10,040 resolved cases6.70% positivity rate** (explanation below)61 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 24 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)2 Child Care Centre11 Schools; 75 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing24 Workplaces 360 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, cases per 100K population, 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 63.9 million total cases worldwide (591,432 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.4 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) 389,775 total cases (6,307 new); with 12, 325 related fatalities in Canada (114 new); 309,886 resolved in Canada (as of December 2 at 7 p.m.)121,746 total cases (1,824 new); with 3,712 related fatalities; 103,239 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
I am saddened to report another death at the King City Lodge Nursing Home. Sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the resident who passed.
We also had 6 new cases reported today.