| sethnintendo said: Lol I got Doug Ford confused with Rob Ford that mayor that got caught smoking crack. They look similar also. |
Dunno what Doug Ford is smoking, can't be easy trying to keep track of 13.6 million people in an area of just over 1 billion square km.
Cases are getting more lopsided here
More than three-quarters of the active cases of COVID-19 currently listed in the province's database are found in the five public health units of Toronto, Peel, York, Durham and Halton regions, an area that accounts for less than half of the province's population. Of the 3,931 infections that have happened in Ontario since May 10, the GTA's public health units account for 3,054, or roughly 78 per cent.
In early April, when Ontario hit 5,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Greater Toronto Area accounted for 52 per cent, according to the province's daily epidemiology reports. However, the GTA accounts for 76 per cent of the roughly 6,600 infections that have happened in May.
So naturally people in more remote areas would like restrictions lifted
The new data lend further heft to arguments that the provincial government needs to consider a regional approach to the fight against COVID-19 in Ontario, something that Premier Doug Ford has resisted until now. "If all you know is that it's a lot of cases in Toronto, it doesn't make much sense that in Kingston they should be shutting down parks."
The province's database on Tuesday showed 4,110 infections as "not resolved," meaning that the person is still considered infectious. The GTA's public health units account for 3,171 of those active cases, or roughly 77 per cent. Outside the Greater Toronto area, only a few urban areas continue to see a significant number of new cases. The Ottawa, Hamilton and Windsor-Essex public health units together with the GTA account for roughly 90 per cent of the province's new infections since May 10.
Unfortunately I do live close to Hamilton and plenty people that live around here work in Hamilton.
On a positive note, farms seem to be doing fine. I saw plenty of them planting yesterday, some using migrant workers. The fruit farms around here are fully operational it looks like.
