Toronto has a total of 2,362 cases of COVID-19, city officials reported on Monday afternoon.

Of that number, 2,088 are confirmed, while 274 are probable. A total of 92 people have died of the virus in the city, according to Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city's medical officer of health, as of 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

De Villa said 210 people are in hospital, with 80 of those in intensive care units.

A total of 39 long-term care homes have one or more cases. Fifty of the deaths have occurred in those homes, she said.

"As you can appreciate, I am very concerned about these outbreaks in long-term care homes and the devastating impact they have on our parents, our grandparents and our loved ones," de Villa told reporters.

"We know that any infectious disease can spread faster in congregate settings like long-term care homes, and these settings are especially concerning because residents are generally older and more vulnerable to infection due to compromised immune systems or other chronic health issues."

De Villa reported the numbers at an afternoon news conference at city hall. Mayor John Tory and Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, head of the city's emergency response team, also spoke.

Rate of infection slowing in care homes with high rates

Health officials, however, are starting to see that "stringent" outbreak control measures are beginning to have a positive effect, she added.

The rate of new infections is slowing in long-term care homes that have had a high number of cases, she said.

WATCH: Dr. Eileen de Villa speaking on measures to curb infections in long-term care homes:

Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, says the rate of new infections is slowing in long-term care homes that have had a high number of cases. 0:42

I want to recognize the tremendous effort these outbreak measures involve. Hundreds of staff across all our long-term care homes are working together tirelessly and are committed to protecting and caring for our loved ones in those settings."

About 30 per cent of the cases are the result of community spread. She added it continues to be important to stay home and practise physical distancing.

"It is difficult, truly difficult, to witness the increasing impact of COVID-19 on our community, particularly on our city's most vulnerable. We know that COVID-19 continues to circulate in Toronto."

De Villa said she expects the numbers of cases to climb in the coming weeks. She noted the virus has an incubation period of up to 14 days and measures now in effect take time to work.

She acknowledged that the numbers are "unsettling."

25 people experiencing homelessness have COVID-19

Meanwhile, in the city's shelter system, 25 people who are experiencing homelessness have tested positive, according to Mary-Anne Bedard, general manager of the city's shelter, support and housing administration.

The confirmed cases are in seven different homeless service settings in Toronto.

Earlier, Dr. Allison Chris, associate medical officer of health, said in an email to CBC Toronto that Toronto Public Health (TPH) is working to prevent further spread of the virus in its shelter system.

"Given that COVID-19 is spreading in our community, this is not unexpected, and we were prepared for the unfortunate situation of having cases in the shelter system," Chris said.

When a person using the city's shelter system tests positive, Toronto Public Health (TPH) investigates and works with the city's Shelter Support and Housing Administration and shelter staff to reduce the spread of the virus to other people in the shelter and staff members.

TPH usually recommends:

Identifying anyone who may have had close contact with the infected person and providing them with instructions to follow to stop the spread.

Enhanced screening and monitoring for symptoms of staff and clients.

Issuing referrals for testing and isolating people if necessary.

Increasing cleaning, especially of high-touch surfaces.

Taking steps to increase the amount of physical distancing at that shelter.

"All individuals experiencing homelessness, who are under investigation for or identified as COVID-19 positive, are being cared for by the appropriate health-care providers and facilities capable of providing safe isolation and observation consistent with public health direction." Chris added.

Vast majority complying with physical distancing bylaw

As for the public complying with city bylaws and orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Tory said the vast majority of residents are complying with calls by city officials to stay home and to practise physical distancing. He thanked those who are complying.

"There are some people who still haven't gotten into this life-saving program that we're trying to convince people to be a part of and some of them did get a ticket," Tory said.

Mayor John Tory says the vast majority of residents are complying with calls by city officials to stay home and to practise physical distancing. 'There are some people who still haven't gotten into this life-saving program that we're trying to convince people to be a part of and some of them did get a ticket,' he says. (CBC)

The mayor said the city's enforcement team, made up of bylaw and police officers, shifted its energies from education to enforcement on the long weekend and chose in many cases to issue tickets instead of warnings to increase compliance.

Officers from the city's municipal licensing and standards division issued 107 tickets over the holiday weekend, a total that accounts for 56 per cent of all tickets issued since April 4.

Between April 2 to 10, Toronto police issued 2,526 cautions, three tickets for provincial offences, four tickets under the city bylaw and 88 parking tickets and towed four vehicles, he said.

From Saturday to Monday, police issued 56 tickets for provincial offences and violations of the city's physical distancing bylaw, six parking tickets and 623 cautions.

"So again, there's some increase in tickets here, but there's still a lot of education and warning going on to help people to get themselves better informed about the laws and why we're doing the things we are," he said.

Between bylaw and police officers, some 348 tickets were issued, a number that Tory said is too many.

"Sadly, there are some people who don't understand the simple message: Please stay home. Stop the spread. Save lives," he said.

Any two people who don't live together and who fail to keep apart by two metres when in a park or public square can receive a $1,000 ticket, which is the maximum set fine available.

Examples of people not complying include people ripping off caution tape on exercise equipment at Woodbine Beach, dogs running loose on the western beaches, people removing covering on basketball rims at Canoe Landing and people playing basketball and people congregating and not physical distancing in Corktown Common.

City working to open COVID-19 recovery centre for homeless

TPH is working with Inner City Health Associates, a group of more than 100 doctors working in more than 50 shelters and drop-ins in Toronto to provide health care, and the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network, to create a program at a COVID-19 recovery centre for people who are experiencing homelessness and have tested positive.

The city said TPH has a location for the recovery centre and is working to ensure "all appropriate staffing, medical supports and facility requirements" are in place according to infection prevention and control standards. The standards are required to ensure the city can provide services to people with the virus safely.

"The site will be online very shortly and will be the product of an important collaborative effort between the city, community health and hospital sectors," the city said.

To prevent shelter staff from getting the virus, she said TPH is investigating all confirmed cases closely.

"This includes case investigation to carefully assess and investigate each situation to determine where a person may have gotten the infection and determine who they may have exposed," the city said.

City takes steps to improve distancing in shelters

As for homeless advocates who say the city is not doing enough to prevent the spread among people experiencing homelessness, the city said it has taken "significant preventative measures," including opening nine facilities with more than 400 spaces to allow for more physical distancing.

The city added that the new temporary programs it has set up are required to meet the TPH guideline for physical distancing to protect people using the system and staff members.

"We have encouraged shelters to implement additional spacing between beds where possible. We will be expanding other program capacity in order to create additional physical distancing in the rest of the shelter system," the city said in a statement.

"We are currently undertaking an assessment of what proportion of our existing shelter sites are able to meet the physical distancing guidelines and how to mitigate locations that aren't able to meet that."

People who are awaiting results will not be admitted into the regular shelter system, the city said. They will stay at a designated isolation site until they receive their result. And any person who tests positive for COVID-19 will remain in isolation until he or she recovers.