{"id":69726,"date":"2020-11-03T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=69726"},"modified":"2020-11-03T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:33:25","slug":"ford-announces-reopenings-as-ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/ford-announces-reopenings-as-ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford announces reopenings as Ontario reports single-day record of 1,050 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69727\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-69727\" src=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ford announces reopenings as Ontario reports single-day record of 1,050 new COVID-19 cases-Milenio Stadium-Ontario\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The province is launching an enhanced version of its website&#8217;s COVID-19 case data displays on Tuesday as it records a record number of new confirmed cases. (Andrew Lupton\/CBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ontario says it is introducing a new set of specific criteria for imposing anti-COVID-19 measures in different regions, as the province reported a record-high 1,050 new cases of the illness on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new colour-coded system is, in part, intended to provide clarity on how decisions about restrictions for different industries and businesses, like restaurants and bars and fitness facilities, are being made at the provincial level.<\/p>\n<p>It also means changes for\u00a0the public health units currently in a modified Stage 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/ford-asking-for-reopenings-in-stage-2-areas-as-ontario-confirms-896-new-covid-19-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario&#8217;s recovery plan<\/a>, namely Toronto, Peel Region and Ottawa.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-452\"><\/section>\n<p>All three areas were rolled back for a period of 28 days on Oct. 11, meaning the additional measures are set to expire this weekend. York Region is also in a modified Stage 2, but is only in its third week of the 28-day period.<\/p>\n<p>At the province&#8217;s daily news conference Tuesday, Premier Doug Ford said that as of 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 7, Ottawa, Peel and York Region will move out of the modified Stage 2, which means gyms and indoor dining will once again be permitted.<\/p>\n<p>The same will happen in Toronto a week later, on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mayor Tory has asked us for a little more time in Toronto,&#8221; Ford said.<\/p>\n<p>The new system comes as Ford&#8217;s government has met\u00a0<u>increasing resistance to harsh COVID-19 restrictions from local politicians and business groups<\/u>\u00a0in some parts of the province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a province,\u00a0and as a country, we&#8217;re grappling with a new reality. And it&#8217;s becoming more and more clear COVID-19 will be with us for a while,&#8221; Ford said.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-478\"><\/section>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to plan for the long game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A colour-coded system<\/h2>\n<p>The new framework, outlined by public health officials at a morning media briefing, is based on five categories that all correspond to a colour:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevent (Green): Restrictions in this category &#8220;reflect broadest allowance of activities in Stage 3 absent a widely available vaccine or treatment,&#8221; the province said in a document provided to reporters.<\/li>\n<li>Protect (Yellow): &#8220;Enhanced targeted enforcement, fines, and enhanced education to limit further transmission,&#8221; the document reads.<\/li>\n<li>Restrict (Orange): &#8220;Implement enhanced measures, restrictions, and enforcement\u00a0<em><strong>avoiding any closures<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0[emphases added].<\/li>\n<li>Control (Red): &#8220;Restrictions are the most severe available before widescale business or organizational closure,&#8221; the document said. In essence, this category represents a return to a modified Stage 2.<br \/>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-518\"><\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lockdown (Grey): This would likely coincide with a declaration of emergency in the province, and would include a return to Stage 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ford said Tuesday that\u00a0Ottawa, Peel,\u00a0Eastern Ontario\u00a0and York Region would all be in the restrict\u00a0category as of this Saturday, with Toronto following a week later.<\/p>\n<p>Brant, Hamilton, Durham and Halton\u00a0are being moved into the\u00a0protect level, Ford said.<\/p>\n<p>According to an analysis by the province based on COVID-19 data reported last week, 25 public health units across Ontario would currently fall into the green.<\/p>\n<p>The criteria for moving a public health unit from one classification to another include measures such as weekly case per 100,000 people; per cent positivity rate of tests; the speed at which the virus is spreading; and the capacity of individual hospital systems.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-549\"><\/section>\n<p>Health officials said all of the information and data will be posted online for members of the public to consult at any time. Decisions about specific public health units would be made on a 28-day basis, the\u00a0officials said this morning.<\/p>\n<p>When asked Tuesday why the province is loosening restrictions when case numbers are still going up, Ford said Ontario is seeing &#8220;some positive areas&#8221; and &#8220;a little bit of flattening,&#8221; specifically mentioning the situation in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Williams, the province&#8217;s medical officer of health, said the move to a modified Stage 2 for Ontario&#8217;s hotspots\u00a0has helped slow the rise of cases in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been impact,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the medical officers of health for all\u00a0four regions agreed, Williams said, that those closures have also had negative impacts\u00a0on many people\u00a0that have the regions\u00a0&#8220;concerned about social determinants of health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>New single-day record for cases<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ontario recorded\u00a0an additional 1,050\u00a0cases of COVID-19 this morning, which marks a new single-day high for the province.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-574\"><\/section>\n<p>The seven-day average of new cases, which helps smooth out noise in the data, is now up to 950. The province is also reporting 14 more deaths, with its official death toll standing at 3,166. Just under 64 per cent of those deaths were residents of long-term care homes.<\/p>\n<p>Just 25,279 tests were completed yesterday. Public health officials said in September that they hoped to be processing upward of 68,000 tests per day by mid-November, with Monday&#8217;s testing number far below current daily capacity of about\u00a045,000.<\/p>\n<p>There were 408 new cases found in Toronto, 212 in Peel, 86 in Halton, 76 in York Region and 57 in Durham. There were also 837\u00a0resolved cases.<\/p>\n<p>Other regions seeing double digit increases include Ottawa at 34 (a number far lower than\u00a0daily case count\u00a0that city was seeing weeks ago), Simcoe Muskoka at 21, Hamilton at 34, Niagara at 31 and Waterloo at 20.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitalizations hit 357, which is the highest they&#8217;ve been since June. There are also\u00a073 patients currently in intensive care and 47 requiring a\u00a0ventilator.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are known outbreaks of COVID-19 in 78\u00a0of Ontario&#8217;s 626 long-term care homes.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-601\"><\/section>\n<p>The province is also set to\u00a0launch an enhanced set of graphs Tuesday afternoon,\u00a0showing more information about infection rates\u00a0than has been easily accessible until now.<\/p>\n<p>Ford said Tuesday he wants the public to have access to the information he uses when making decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want you to see what I see,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A prototype of the new web page, seen by CBC News, shows new graphs allowing users to compare COVID-19 case numbers between different public health units.\u00a0Another new chart breaks down how the infections were contracted,\u00a0whether through an outbreak, close contact with someone positive, or from an unknown source of community spread.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/covid-19-november-3-ontario-1.5787622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario says it is introducing a new set of specific criteria for imposing anti-COVID-19 measures in different regions, as the province reported a record-high 1,050 new cases of the illness on Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3538],"tags":[3563,15842,199],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ford-announces-reopenings-as-Ontario-reports-single-day-record-of-1050-new-COVID-19-cases-Milenio-Stadium-Ontario.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}