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NEW: Toronto is set to unveil detailed information about the spread of #COVID19 by postal code this afternoon, marking the first time this kind of information has been made available in Ontario during the pandemic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-postal-code-covid19-1.5586860
BREAKING: The City of Toronto has launched an interactive map on its online portal for #COVID19 cases, showing breakdown by neighbourhood.
Highest number of cases appears to be in Scarborough area, with 400 in Rouge neighbourhood alone:
https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/
Highest number of cases appears to be in Scarborough area, with 400 in Rouge neighbourhood alone:
https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/
Both north Etobicoke and north Scarborough are hard hit by #COVID19, city's new map shows, with case counts in the hundreds in multiple areas. Meanwhile some midtown neighbourhoods have <15 cases. This really highlights the socioeconomic differences of who's being impacted.
Highest number of cases in a single neighbourhood: Rouge with 400.
Lowest number of cases in a single neighbourhood: Danforth with 7 tied with Lambton Baby Point with 7.
Lowest number of cases in a single neighbourhood: Danforth with 7 tied with Lambton Baby Point with 7.
Here's another way to look at it: The city's map also allows you to see the comparison in number of #COVID19 cases per 100,000 residents. When broken down this way, Humber Heights-Westmount is hardest hit. (The actual number of cases for that neighbourhood is 167, to be clear.)
This city data offers more insight following recent research from @ICESOntario, which suggested many positive #COVID19 cases are from marginalized communities — neighbourhoods where poverty and housing instability intersect.
I wrote about it last week: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homeless-pregnant-covid-positive-and-bearing-the-brunt-of-a-pandemic-1.5575982
I wrote about it last week: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homeless-pregnant-covid-positive-and-bearing-the-brunt-of-a-pandemic-1.5575982
LIVE: @epdevilla and other officials are answering reporter questions. Watch here in our updated story on how Toronto has broken down the geographic spread of #COVID19, showing local hot spots in detail for the first time. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-postal-code-covid19-1.5586860
Long-term care numbers also likely factor in to these neighbourhood #COVID19 hot spots.
For example, Scarborough's Rouge neighbourhood has highest number of cases at 400. Area contains Altamont care home, which has seen dozens of cases and deaths: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid19-ltc-chart-1.5557748
For example, Scarborough's Rouge neighbourhood has highest number of cases at 400. Area contains Altamont care home, which has seen dozens of cases and deaths: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid19-ltc-chart-1.5557748
