Data finds two-thirds of GTA workers considered essential
by Michael Ranger, News Staff
Posted Feb 2, 2021 6:29 am EDT
Last Updated Feb 2, 2021 at 6:48 am EDT
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Under Ontario’s stay-at-home order only people in jobs considered ‘essential’ are allowed to physically go in to work.
However, the designation of ‘essential worker’ may apply to more GTA residents than one would expect.
Data analysis from the Toronto Star finds 65 per cent of workers in the GTA are doing what is considered ‘essential work.’ This amounts to over 2 million people.
‘Essential workers’ are more likely to be lower wage and immigrants to Canada and are working in production plants and factories in close quarters with little or no paid-sick leave.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another drop in active cases of COVID-19 and the testing positivity rate in Ottawa. OPH added 22 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday. On Sunday, Ottawa Public Health reported 46 new cases. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, the city has seen 13,358 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Monday. The pandemic death toll from COVID-19 is 422 residents. On Sunday, Ottawa s key COVID-19 indicators fell out of the Red zone in Ontario s COVID-19 restriction system. The COVID-19 rate per 100,000 dropped to 38.9 cases, down from 42.5 cases per 100,000 on Saturday. Under Ontario s COVID-19 response framework, the guidelines for the red-control zone is more than 40 cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate of 2.5 per cent.
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COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 46 new cases on Saturday
Total COVID-19 cases: 13,336
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