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Toronto’s new COVID-19 infections blasted over 700 on Tuesday – a record high for a second straight day and a « blunt warning » to Toronto residents not to mix anymore, the city’s health chief says.
Dr. . Eileen de Villa said 761 new infections after a record 643 on Monday show the deadly virus « continues to spread easily and widely » in Toronto.
« Today’s case numbers are a clear warning … that everyone at any age shares the risk of infection, just as we all have the opportunity to reduce the risk through the actions and decisions we take over the next few weeks, » de Villa said in a statement.
Analysis of a « Source of Infection Survey » suggests that one in five people with the virus confirms that they had visitors to their home or went to someone else’s home to hold gatherings of 10 people or less during the period of infection.
While 21 percent of those infected identified close contact with an infected spouse or partner, the next most frequent relationships were friends with 16 percent and employees with 16 percent.
« Overall, 35 percent of the cases in which close contact was reported said that the close contact with known cases was only contact outside the household, » wrote de Villa.
De Villa and Mayor John Tory have asked Toronto residents to stay home as often as possible, wear a mask, wash their hands often and not go to work sick.
Of today’s 761 COVID-19 cases, nearly 57 percent are people between the ages of 20 and 49. While anyone can have a serious illness, most of the people who die from COVID-19 are the elderly.
13 more people have been hospitalized since Monday, bringing the total to 258 in Toronto, including 49 in intensive care. The city recorded no new deaths Tuesday but has seen many retirement home residents succumb in recent weeks.
As on Monday, de Villa emphasized that the number of infections has not yet increased despite intensified testing, and does not yet reflect the benefits of the 28-day lockdown of the « gray area » that began in Toronto in November. 23.
Reduced infections from closings of restaurants, indoor gyms, and restrictions on weddings and other gatherings are unlikely to occur until December. 7 because the virus incubates for about 14 days, she said.
The new infections in Toronto reached. July a record low of one fall. The number gradually increased as the city reopened after the lockdown and accelerated rapidly that fall.
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