April 26, 2020 by mayorpellegrini | Apr 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Update KEY UPDATES · York.ca/covid19 continues to add new information including: o Resources within the Vulnerable Residents and Mental Health Resources accordion · York Region Paramedic Services continues to provide a critical service for the community during COVID-19 · York Region reminds visitors to the York Regional Forest of the explicit rules in place · The Eastern York Region North Durham Ontario Health Team Ontario provides essential services to seniors · #spiritofyr campaign continues with showing support to York Region’s long-term care colleagues Please visit http://king.ca/…/Departm…/Administration/Pages/COVID-19.aspxfor impacts on our programs and services · Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19 In York Region, as of April 26, at 5 p.m. there are: 1,405 confirmed cases 18 new cases since yesterday · 1 new fatality 43 confirmed cases are currently hospitalized; 16 of which are in Intensive Care 78 cases among health care workers · 82 total confirmed deaths 506 resolved cases, which equals about 36%37 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols: 13 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes24 Community Care Settings o One new outbreak Vita Community Living – 57 Mathewson Street, Vaughan The comprehensive list of outbreaks including the number of resident and health care worker positive cases is available on York.ca/covid19You can now filter institutional outbreak data by municipality. To access this list, select the blue drop-down menu titled Interactive Dashboard – Outbreaks in Long-Term Care and Community Care Settings As of this morning, there are: · 14,432 total cases (8,000 resolved); with 835 related deaths in Ontario · 45,791 (437 increase) total cases; with 2,489 related deaths in Canada Over 2.8 million total cases worldwide with cases in 213 countries, areas or territories; 193,722 related deaths