Toronto Public Health says a patron at a strip club has tested positive for COVID-19, following an earlier announcement that an employee there had the coronavirus.
The agency said it has attempted to contact all of the approximately 550 people who may have come into contact with the Brass Rail employee who tested positive.
It says the patron who tested positive is from a region outside Toronto, and officials are in touch with the corresponding health unit.
The agency is asking anyone who attended the Brass Rail Tavern from August 4th to 8th to monitor themselves for COVID-19 symptoms.
Toronto Public Health says the strip club is now following pandemic operating guidelines, after an initial investigation found the venue was not following rules.
The agency says it is completing routine inspections of adult entertainment venues throughout the city.
MAYOR REACTS:
Mayor John Tory, speaking to CP24 this morning, says this proves the importance of providing your real information when attending establishments.
"There is still COVID-19 going around our city, crowd scenes are not good," Tory says. "Right now the majority of cases are happening among younger people who think themselves invincible, and perhaps they are in terms of their mortality, but really what's more important is when you go away from that place if you're between 20 and 29, and go visit your parents or your grandparents, and you're associating with some people who are older and more vulnerable than you, this is dangerous. It's even dangerous just for people to assume they're invincible."
With files from Ashley Legassic