YORK REGION (May 21)

· Dr. Kurji asked join the province’s Rapid Response Table; the group will meet on a regular basis to review key data and information, quickly identify emerging trends and deploy targeted support and resources

· York Region provides advice on how to care for someone with COVID-19

Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at //york.ca/covid19

2,142 total confirmed cases 29 new cases* since yesterday76 confirmed cases in hospital, 20 of which are in Intensive Care276 cases among health care workers, of which 167 cases have resolved*3 new fatalities

· 171 total confirmed fatalities

1,127 resolved cases, which equals about 53%

· 19 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols:

o 11 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes

o 6 Community Care Settings

o 1 Hospital

o 1 Child Care Centre

· 37 institutional outbreaks declared over

*Data quality is an ongoing 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 comprehensive list of outbreaks (including the number of resident and health care worker positive cases) is available on york.ca/covid19 The data can be filtered 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:

· 24,187 total cases (18,509 resolved); with 1,993 related fatalities in Ontario

· 80,555 total cases (453 increase in last 24 hours); with 6,062 related fatalities in Canada

· Over 4.89 million total cases worldwide with cases in 216 countries, areas or territories; 323,256 related fatalities reported to WHO

KING TOWNSHIP

1 new case reported today