Ontario is reporting 1,054 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 54,900 tests completed. Locally, there are 363 new cases in Toronto, 186 in Peel and 94 in York Region.
As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 602,848 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) February 24, 2021
Tale of two vaccine roll-outs: COVID-19 numbers plummet in Toronto’s long-term-care homes, while Ontario’s remain ‘stubbornly high’
After being at the centre of COVID-19 deaths and mass outbreaks, the city’s long-term-care homes have new, hopeful data that could be a sign of encouraging things to come.
This week, Toronto Public Health reported a “substantial decline” in the rate seniors have tested positive in long-term-care homes, from 10.9 per cent in November to just 0.6 per cent as of the week of Feb. 7 — well below the overall city rate of 4.8 per cent.
It was the “first sign” Mayor John Tory said this week that the city’s vaccination efforts were working.
Mom has been in hospital almost 3 months. She’s 96, currently in a rehab where she caught Covid after dodging a bullet during previous outbreaks at two separate hospitals. No one thought vaccinating hospitalized seniors was a good idea?
Mom is in isolation, alone, I have not yet spoken to her since hearing of the Covid diagnosis yesterday.
