Tracking the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in York Region

Yorkregion.com
March 19, 2021
Sheila Wang

Just as we have been updating you daily since March 2020 on COVID-19 cases in York Region, yorkregion.com will now track every COVID-19 vaccine administered to residents.

A total of 97,019 vaccines have been administered, including 37,297 vaccines administered to people 80 years of age or older, as of March 17, according to York Region Public Health.

Among those who are 80 years old or older in the region, 71.1 per cent have received at least one dose.

The province has prioritized who gets the vaccine in a three phase rollout:

• Phase 1 (December 2020 to March 2021): Residents, staff, essential caregivers and other employees in congregate living settings for seniors; health-care workers, including hospital employees, staff who work or study in hospitals and health-care personnel; adults in First Nations, Metis and Inuit populations and adult recipients of chronic home health care.
• Phase 2 (March to July 2021, depending on availability of vaccines): Roughly 8.5 million people in groups such as seniors, those living and working in high-risk congregate settings like shelters, front-line workers, individuals with high-risk chronic conditions and their caregivers and others facing barriers related to the determinants of health across Ontario who are at greater COVID-19.
• Phase 3 (August 2021 and beyond, depending on availability of vaccines): Remaining Ontarians in the general population who wish to be vaccinated will receive it.

In the meantime, Ontario has been administering vaccines throughout the province, albeit slowly due to supply issues. Below are provincial numbers, updated daily by the Toronto Star, yorkregion.com's sister outlet.

The number of doses administered may include health care workers who work in, but do not live in, York Region.