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7 Taylor Drive fire scene/Dan Curran – Global News

A body has been found in the aftermath of a fire at number seven Taylor Drive on Wednesday. The site is north of the O’Connor Drive and Coxwell Ave intersection in the pleasant residential neighbourhood overlooking Cullen Bryant Park. Toronto fire service arrived at a bungalow that was fully involved in flames shortly before 7:30 a.m. It was only after the fire was out that the body was b found. Neighbours told firefighters they did not believe that anyone was home at the time of the fire. City News video

The International Monetary Fund is predicting the world’s economy will slump to the worst growth since the 1929 stock market crash. It is a sobering prediction but it has to be taken in the context of a world economy that is much more buttressed by governments. In addition, individuals are far wealthier in 2020 than they were 90 years ago.

Stanfield’s hilarious salute to COVID-19 isolation

The new byword for beating the COVID-19 virus in the Maritimes is Stay the Blazes Home. It was a typical bit of fatherly down-east scolding from Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil. The Stanfields have now written and recorded a happy — some may say hilarious — anthem to staying put.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 483 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. The number is up from Monday and Sunday’s count of 421 and 401. Government website

Nursing home death toll a national tragedy

Canada’s elderly have become the helpless victims of COVID-19 in numbers that would shock the most hardened front-line health worker. The terrible way in which the virus casually found its way into the close quarters of nursing homes and seniors residences is a story told right across the country. But nowhere has it been more deadly than Ontario. Six more deaths have now been reported at the Seven Oaks long-term care home in Scarborough. That makes a total of 22. Elsewhere, 29 residents have died at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon and at least 13 have died at Anson Place Care Centre in Hagersville.

Premier Ford said Monday that Ontario will extend the province’s state of emergency by 28 days when the Legislature resumes on Tuesday. Members of Provincial Parliament will return to Queen’s Park for a single day to pass the emergency act and to discuss a bill that will cover various topics such as education, childcare and municipal housing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I just want to thank members of the opposition for their cooperation on getting these passed right away,” Ford said while speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon.

The role of international travel in the fight against the coronavirus is being seen in mainland China where new cases of the infection have surged in just two days. Cases doubled in 24 hours as the number of infected overseas travellers surged and new asymptomatic infections more than quadrupled, pressuring authorities to tighten measures to stem local transmissions. New confirmed cases rose to 62 on Tuesday from 32 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said, the highest since March 25. New imported infections accounted for 59 of the cases. The number of new asymptomatic cases more than quadrupled to 137, the health authority said on Wednesday, with incoming travelers accounting for 102.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 421 new cases of COVID-19 Monday. The number is up slightly from the 401 new cases reported Sunday but is lower than the high of 550 cases that was confirmed on April 8. The scrutiny of case numbers continues as authorities labour to flatten the curve of COVID-19 spread. Government website

Large knife in hand

Further video is seen here of the apparently deranged man wielding a large kitchen knife at Bathurst and King Sts. Sunday. Previous

Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Health Minister Christine Elliott and Finance Minister Rod Phillips at 1 p.m. Monday to make an announcement.

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Mayor Tory has appeared on Citytv early Monday updating social distancing enforcement. He also announced two new child care centers for children of essential health workers.