KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau announced further restrictions on international travel including: Canadian airlines will cancel air services to all Caribbean destinations and Mexico starting Sunday, January 31; cancellations will continue until April 30. Effective February 3, 2021, all international passenger flights, including from the United States, will only land at Toronto (Pearson), Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver airports. Mandatory PCR testing requirements will be introduced at airports for people returning to Canada; travelers will need to quarantine for up to three days at a designated hotel at their own expense.
Prime Minister Trudeau announced the second instalment of the Safe Return to Class Fund; up to $1 billion will be provided to provinces and territories to support the health and safety of students, teachers and staff.
PROVINCIAL
Premier Ford announced Ontario is introducing a six point variant action plan to help stop the spread of COIVD-19 variants; the plan includes: Mandatory on-arrival testing of international travellers. Enhanced screening and sequencing to identify the new variants. Maintaining public health measures. Strengthening case and contact management to track the spread of new cases. Enhanced protections for vulnerable populations. Leveraging data to inform public health decisions Ontario provincial offences officers have visited 1,147 big-box stores and other essential retail businesses this month; 400 more stores will be visited this weekend in Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo. The provincial government announced Infrastructure Ontario’s (IO) Loan Program committed to more than $550 million in loans, supporting 159 local infrastructure projects over the past year.
YORK REGION
York Region through York Link shared activities and achievements of the York Region Business Recovery Support Partnership undertaken during 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 January 29, 2021 at 5 p.m. there are:
25,403 total confirmed cases 188 new cases* since yesterday 185.7 average daily cases over past 7 days 108.3 total cases per 100K population** (explanation below)10 new hospitalizations 176 confirmed cases in hospital, 21 of which are in Intensive Care 392 cases among health care workers, of which 390 cases have resolved*8 new fatalities458 total confirmed fatalities 23,534 resolved cases6.88% positivity rate** 92 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 60 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals) 7 Child Care Centre1 School; 13 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing 24 Workplaces 581 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 101 million total cases worldwide (570,976 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 2.1 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) 766,103 total cases (4,877 new); with 19,664 related fatalities in Canada (131 new); 689,419 resolved in Canada (as of January 28 at 7 p.m.) 264,300 total cases (1,837 new); with 6,072 related fatalities; 237,871 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
Only 1 new case reported today and our active cases drop to just 11.