Coronavirus outbreak: Almost half of Toronto deaths from long-term care, retirement homes | FULL

Toronto chief medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa announced on Monday that there were 1,301 cases of COVID-19 in the city, with 145 people in hospital and 60 in intensive care. She said there have been a total of 32 deaths in Toronto since the outbreak began. Of the deaths, de Villa said 15 were within retirement and long-term care home settings.

Mayor John Tory, Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg and de Villa gave a briefing on Monday into the ongoing response to COVID-19 in the city.

Tory continued to stress the importance of abiding by physical distancing not just in public spaces but also in stores. He said the city had received reports from some grocery stores of people not abiding by measures put in place to allow for physical distancing. The mayor said that this included people who were not elderly shopping during the designated time for seniors, and people not keeping to the one-way aisles put in place in some stores. Tory criticized these actions as reckless and urged people to keep following the rules.

He also announced the city of Toronto had formed a partnership with corporate and community partners to ensure the food needs of vulnerable Torontonians are met, and that food banks, home delivery centres and food drop-ins will remain open. He said companies like Sobeys and Loblaws have donated food and other supplies. Tory added the city is also working with 211 and other organizations on food access programs, including those helping seniors, and is opening food banks at 10 Toronto Public Library locations.


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[wb]

At last. Using hotels to help and quarantine. How long have I been suggesting this. Should have done this with passengers as well. Our rates would not be so high. Desperate times calls for desperate measures

[lmc]

So $100, 000 fine and one year in jail if you have four of your friends over for dinner and drinks
OK way to go Trudy

[TheBuzz]

ROSS PLACE RETIREMENT RESORT. What about that place what is the count there.

[biglee]

Mainly in Baltimore the nurses that work in the nursing homes in Baltimore City 90% of them don't take care of the patients

[huizhi]

College students rent a student apartment and sign a 12-month contract. The epidemic is serious and it is very unsafe for many active young people to live in the same apartment building. We hope to terminate the rental contract and pick the child home, but the apartment does not agree. what should we do? As parents, we dare not take children to take risks.

[huizhi]

The government requires people to stay at home, but it does not enact temporary laws of emergency, leaving a lot of loopholes for the spread of the virus. Student apartments should allow students to return to their homes, but they do not. Is money more important than the healthy lives of young people?

[sasan]

I'm sorry that we have such unresponsive mayor. City of Toronto is making millions of dollars every year by collecting property taxes, Traffic tickets, parking tickets, parking payments throughout the city yet our mayor only says thanks to big corporations like Sobys and Loblaws . What about the city Of Toronto my dear Mayor? What is your responsibility as a Mayor to the people of Toronto at these difficult times?

[Faize]

People still have to work. I work in security .

[lmc]

The seniors are all now sheep being lead to slaughter
Thanks for the memories

[ChrisDeger]

Maybe we should have acted sooner to protect our people, media and government told us it was nothing to worry about now we are living in this disaster.

[lmc]

John does have nice hair for a man of his age

[huizhi]

@UChyOLxAOEhRPGSZ4NL2qTug
Thank you very much for your information!
We consulted tribunal, and their answer was: the current law has not changed.
We didn't get any help.

[lmc]

Just think kids if they made masks mandatory in public you would all be allowed to go outside instead of being under house arrest

[lmc]

What about Muslims the men all have at least 4 wives and each one a couple of kids, that’s over 5
Looks like they will just have to drop a few wives, I would imagine the fudgly ones get the boot