Below is  Mayor Pellegrini’s Facebook posting on Sunday May 3

KEY UPDATES

FEDERAL

The Prime Minister announced:

• A $240 million investment to bring health care online for primary and mental health care; funding will increase access and resources for Canadians by supporting the implementation of online tools and virtual appointments

• $175.6 million to Vancouver-based biotech firm AbCellera Biologics, which researches and discovers next-generation antibody drugs to fight infection and disease
• AbCellera has identified over 500 antibodies directly from a patient who has recovered from COVID-19
• Funding will help accelerate and expand AbCellera’s capabilities to combat COVID-19
• AbCellera and its partners expect human clinical trials to begin in July 2020 or earlier
• A new COVID-19 Supply Council has been formed and tasked to find vital supplies to keep Canadians safe
• A one-time top-up to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) – eligible families will receive an extra $300 per child as part of their regular May payment to help deal with added pressures of COVID-19

PROVINCIAL

The Ontario Premier did not address the media today.

YORK REGION

• This year marks the 25th annual Emergency Preparedness Week (May 3 -9)
• Allotment/Community Gardens will open in Ontario
• Southlake Regional Health Centre’s COVID-19 assessment centre shifts to medical field tent
• Positive news around our region
• McAlpine Ford Lincoln Sales Limited in the Town of Newmarket donated 300 face shields to York Region Paramedic Services showing their #SpiritofYR
• The parking lot at Vaughan Mills has been converted into a drive-thru foodbank as volunteers hand out care packages to hundreds of families; today the Honourable Stephen Lecce was in attendance to lend a hand to volunteers

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

• In York Region, as of May 3, at 5 p.m. there are:
• 1,639 confirmed cases 27 new cases since yesterday75 confirmed cases in hospital, 17 of which are in Intensive Care 89 cases among health care workers
• 4 new fatalities
• 113 total confirmed deaths
• 754 resolved cases, which equals about 46%
•  38 institutional outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols:
• 16 Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes
• 21 Community Care Settings
• 1 Hospital
• 6 institutional outbreaks declared over
• 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:

· 17,553 total cases (12,005 resolved); with 1,216 related deaths in Ontario

· 57,148 (434 increase) total cases; with 3,606 related deaths in Canada

· Over 3.3 million total cases worldwide with cases in 215 countries, areas or territories; 238,730 related deaths with 1.1 million recoveries