Coronavirus outbreak: Toronto to ask positive COVID-19 patients to provide race, income information
Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, said during Tuesday's briefing that public health officials will start asking those who test positive for COVID-19 to provide information on their race, income, household size, Indigenous identity or First Nations status after emerging evidence from other jurisdictions suggesting that COVID-19 may impact some groups more than others.
The city's top doctor added that her team has conducted analysis which suggests similar trends in Toronto, showing that people living in lower-income neighbourhoods, in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of recent immigrants, and areas with high unemployment rates had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Toronto reported a total of 6,448 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 394 hospitalizations.
A total of 469 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Toronto as of Tuesday.
Mayor of Toronto John Tory revealed some data on the city's work during the pandemic since mid-March, saying the city has provided approval for over 6,600 housing units and issued nearly 2,200 building permits with a construction value of over $900 million.
He stressed on the importance of the construction and housing industry to the economic recovery after the pandemic, and added that the city have been having per-application development meetings via web conference and accepting development material and building permit applications online.
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Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, said during Tuesday’s briefing that public health officials will start asking those who test positive for COVID-19 to provide information on their race, income, household size, Indigenous identity or First Nations status after emerging evidence from other jurisdictions suggesting that COVID-19 may impact some groups more than others.
The city’s top doctor added that her team has conducted analysis which suggests similar trends in Toronto, showing that people living in lower-income neighbourhoods, in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of recent immigrants, and areas with high unemployment rates had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Toronto reported a total of 6,448 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 394 hospitalizations.
A total of 469 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Toronto as of Tuesday.
Mayor of Toronto John Tory revealed some data on the city’s work during the pandemic since mid-March, saying the city has provided approval for over 6,600 housing units and issued nearly 2,200 building permits with a construction value of over $900 million.
He stressed on the importance of the construction and housing industry to the economic recovery after the pandemic, and added that the city have been having per-application development meetings via web conference and accepting development material and building permit applications online.
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