Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital is facing an outbreak of COVID-19 as Ontario reported 105 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, a fourth straight day in the triple digits for the province.
The hospital says it has identified a total of four cases, after recently detecting a positive case in one of its units. When that was confirmed, the hospital says it rapidly tested all patients in the unit and identified the three other infections.
Two of those four patients remain at the hospital, while all other patients in the unit have tested negative for COVID-19
“When an outbreak is declared, affected patients are isolated immediately, and control measures are put in place, including staff being dedicated to the unit and following strict precautions, increased surveillance, testing and enhanced cleaning measures,” says a statement on the hospital’s website.
Sunnybrook remains open with procedures operating as usual and remains safe for patients and visitors, the statement says.
Monday’s 0.3 per cent increase in total cases across Ontario comes as the province’s network of labs processed just under 18,800 tests on Sunday, Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a series of tweets.
“I’m watching it like a hawk,” said Premier Doug Ford at his daily news conference.
Ford pointed out that 75 of the new cases are limited to three regions: Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto.
If you take those three away, Ford said, “the province and the people are doing great,” with thirty of the province’s 34 health units reporting five or fewer cases of the illness in today’s update.
Of those, 19 reported zero new cases at all.
Are young people getting ‘more casual’ about distancing?
Ottawa reported 24 new cases, Peel Region 21, and in the City of Toronto there were 30 new cases. Most of the people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus are in 20-39 age group — a consistent trend observed in recent weeks.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said the overall picture remains “reassuring” despite the return to new case numbers in the low triple digits
He did express concern that some young people are starting to get “more casual” about physical distancing and public health rules — and says he’s worried about how the return to post-secondary institutions will affect that.
“We’re trying to look at different strategies” to communicate with young people, Williams said.
“We want to be targeting our message very carefully.”
Williams also noted that the absolute number of young people contracting COVID-19 hasn’t changed significantly over the pandemic, but said that as cases in other age groups have decreased, the proportion of those infections have gone up.
Concerns about in-class time for high school students
At Monday’s news conference, Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce also fielded questions about the preparations for back to school, including the push to get high school students into physical classrooms for at least half of their learning day.
Lecce told reporters that the province has spent “hundreds of hours” working with school boards to help them get there.
In the case of the York Region District School Board, Lecce said the target of 50 per cent in-class instruction has been hit, an “improvement” from that boards previous plan, which saw the percentage of in-class instruction at closer to 25 per cent.
When pressed, however, Lecce said that that improvement includes using a “study hall model,” in which students are in schools but voluntarily work on assignments independently.
“We have been discussing this for a little while,” said Ford, who said Loblaws CEO Galen Weston has been “cooperative.”
Today’s COVID-19 data also shows one less person is in the hospital, bringing current number of hospitalizations down to 40. However, one additional person has been put on a ventilator. There are now seven patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 being ventilated in the province.
Ontario has now seen a total of 41,507 confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus since the outbreak began in late January, with more than 90 per cent of those now considered resolved.
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,798 people, according to the province’s official reporting system, however a CBC News count based on data from public health units puts the actual toll at 2,834.
All of the figures used in this story are found in the Ministry of Health’s daily update, which includes data from up until 4 p.m. the previous day. The number of cases for any particular region on a given day may differ from what is reported by the local public health unit, which often avoid lag times in the provincial system.
EDMONTON – Jake Allen made 31 saves for his second shutout of the season and 26th of his career as the New Jersey Devils closed out their Western Canadian road trip with a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist and Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier also scored for the Devils (8-5-2) who have won three of their last four on the heels on a four-game losing skid.
The Oilers (6-6-1) had their modest two-game winning streak snapped.
Calvin Pickard made 13 stops between the pipes for Edmonton.
TAKEAWAYS
Devils: In addition to his goal, Bratt picked up his 12th assist of the young season to give him nine points in his last eight games and now 15 points overall. Nico Hischier remains in the team lead, picking up an assist of his own to give him 16 points for the campaign. He has a point in all but four games this season.
Oilers: Forward Leon Draisaitl was held pointless after recording six points in his previous two games and nine points in his previous four. Draisaitl usually has strong showings against the Devils, coming into the contest with an eight-game point streak against New Jersey and 11 goals in 17 games.
KEY MOMENT
New Jersey took a 2-0 lead on the power play with 3:26 remaining in the second period as Hischier made a nice feed into the slot to Bratt, who wired his third of the season past Pickard.
KEY RETURN?
Oilers star forward and captain Connor McDavid took part in the optional morning skate for the Oilers, leading to hopes that he may be back sooner rather than later. McDavid has been expected to be out for two to three weeks with an ankle injury suffered during the first shift of last Monday’s loss in Columbus.
OILERS DEAL FOR D-MAN
The Oilers have acquired defenceman Ronnie Attard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenceman Ben Gleason.
The 6-foot-3 Attard has spent the past three season in the Flyers organization seeing action in 29 career games. The 25-year-old right-shot defender and Western Michigan University grad was originally selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Attard will report to the Oilers’ AHL affiliate in Bakersfield.
UP NEXT
Devils: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
Oilers: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 4, 2024.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, and Kareem Hunt pounded into the end zone from two yards out in overtime to give the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs a 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.
DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown receptions for the Chiefs (8-0), who drove through the rain for two fourth-quarter scores to take a 24-17 lead with 4:17 left. But then Kansas City watched as Baker Mayfield led the Bucs the other way in the final minute, hitting Ryan Miller in the end zone with 27 seconds to go in regulation time.
Tampa Bay (4-5) elected to kick the extra point and force overtime, rather than go for a two-point conversion and the win. And it cost the Buccaneers when Mayfield called tails and the coin flip was heads. Mahomes and the Chiefs took the ball, he was 5-for-5 passing on their drive in overtime, and Hunt finished his 106-yard rushing day with the deciding TD plunge.
Travis Kelce had 14 catches for 100 yards with girlfriend Taylor Swift watching from a suite, and Hopkins finished with eight catches for 86 yards as the Chiefs ran their winning streak to 14 dating to last season. They became the sixth Super Bowl champion to start 8-0 the following season.
Mayfield finished with 200 yards and two TDs passing for the Bucs, who have lost four of their last five.
It was a memorable first half for two players who had been waiting to play in Arrowhead Stadium.
The Bucs’ Rachaad White grew up about 10 minutes away in a tough part of Kansas City, but his family could never afford a ticket for him to see a game. He wound up on a circuitous path through Division II Nebraska-Kearney and a California junior college to Arizona State, where he eventually became of a third-round pick of Tampa Bay in the 2022 draft.
Two year later, White finally got into Arrowhead — and the end zone. He punctuated his seven-yard scoring run in the second quarter, which gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead, by nearly tossing the football into the second deck.
Then it was Hopkins’ turn in his first home game since arriving in Kansas City from a trade with the Titans.
The three-time All-Pro, who already had caught four passes, reeled in a third-down heave from Mahomes amid triple coverage for a 35-yard gain inside the Tampa Bay five-yard line. Three plays later, Mahomes found him in the back of the end zone, and Hopkins celebrated his first TD with the Chiefs with a dance from “Remember the Titans.”
Tampa Bay tried to seize control with consecutive scoring drives to start the second half. The first ended with a TD pass to Cade Otton, the latest tight end to shred the Chiefs, and Chase McLaughlin’s 47-yard field goal gave the Bucs a 17-10 lead.
The Chiefs answered in the fourth quarter. Mahomes marched them through the rain 70 yards for a tying touchdown pass, which he delivered to Samaje Perine while landing awkwardly and tweaking his left ankle, and then threw a laser to Hopkins on third-and-goal from the Buccaneers’ five-yard line to give Kansas City the lead.
Tampa Bay promptly went three-and-out, but its defence got the ball right back, and this time Mayfield calmly led his team down field. His capped the drive with a touchdown throw to Miller — his first career TD catch — with 27 seconds to go, and Tampa Bay elected to play for overtime.
UP NEXT
Buccaneers: Host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves for his first shutout of the season and 32nd overall, helping the Los Angeles Kings beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Monday night.
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist and Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala also scored. The Kings have won two of their last three.
Juuse Saros made 24 saves for the Predators. They are 1-2-1 in their last four.
Kopitar opened the scoring with 6:36 remaining in the opening period. Saros denied the Kings captain’s first shot, but Kopitar collected the rebound below the goal line and banked it off the netminder’s skate.
Fiala, a former Predator, made it 2-0 35 seconds into the third.
The Kings held Nashville to just three third-period shots on goal, the first coming with 3:55 remaining and Saros pulled for an extra attacker.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Monday:
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DEVILS 3 OILERS 0
EDMONTON, Alta. (AP) — Jake Allen made 31 saves for his second shutout of the season and 26th of his NHL career, helping the New Jersey Devils close their western Canadian road trip with a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist and Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier also scored. The Devils improved to 8-5-2. They have won three of their last four after a four-game skid.
Calvin Pickard made 13 saves for Edmonton. The Oilers had won two straight.
