Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, said during Tuesday's briefing that public health officials will start asking those who test positive for COVID-19 to provide information on their race, income, household size, Indigenous identity or First Nations status after emerging evidence from other jurisdictions suggesting that COVID-19 may impact some groups more than others.

The city's top doctor added that her team has conducted analysis which suggests similar trends in Toronto, showing that people living in lower-income neighbourhoods, in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of recent immigrants, and areas with high unemployment rates had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Toronto reported a total of 6,448 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, with 394 hospitalizations.

A total of 469 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Toronto as of Tuesday.

Mayor of Toronto John Tory revealed some data on the city's work during the pandemic since mid-March, saying the city has provided approval for over 6,600 housing units and issued nearly 2,200 building permits with a construction value of over $900 million.

He stressed on the importance of the construction and housing industry to the economic recovery after the pandemic, and added that the city have been having per-application development meetings via web conference and accepting development material and building permit applications online.

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