The City of Toronto continues to respond to COVID-19. Today, the Province of Ontario declared a provincial emergency and announced that the entire province will be subject to a Stay-at-Home order as of 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, April 8.
All of Ontario, including Toronto, has been in the Shutdown Zone of the provincial COVID-19 response framework since April 3. Yesterday, the Medical Officer of Health also issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to move all Toronto schools to remote learning until April 18: https://www.toronto.ca/news/to
The Province’s announcement of a Stay-at-Home order today is a clear message that all people need to stay home as much as possible to stop the latest wave of COVID-19 at risk of overwhelming the healthcare system. More information on the provincial Stay-at-Home order is available in the Province’s news release, Ontario Enacts Provincial Emergency and Stay-at-Home Order: https://news.ontario.ca/en/rel
Since the start of the pandemic there have been a total of 119,598 cases of COVID-19 in the city, an increase of 1,173 new cases today. There are 426 people hospitalized. To date, there have been 2,831 COVID-19 deaths in Toronto. In total, 107,094 people have recovered. Case status data can be found on the Toronto Public Health’s reporting dashboard: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/c
The City will review the new Stay-at-Home order once the regulations are received from the Province and update the online COVID-19: Guide for Toronto Residents with recommended and mandatory public health measures under provincial regulations and City bylaws: https://www.toronto.ca/home/co
SOURCE City of Toronto
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