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COVID-19 Today: A look at the numbers for Newmarket, York Region, Ontario

Ontario is reporting 16,295 more tests were done yesterday, yet the number awaiting results has climbed to 14,461
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COVID-19. Photo/ The Canadian Press.

Newmarket (reported at Thursday, May 7, 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 4 cases under investigation
  • 114 (1 more) cases (66 per cent) acquired by outbreak
  • 13 cases travel
  • 18 cases community transmission
  • 100 cases females (58 per cent)
  • 55 (1 more) cases age 80+
  • 33 cases age 65 to 79
  • 32 (1 more) cases age 55 to 64
  • 22 cases age 35 to 44
  • 14 cases age 45 to 54
  • 13 cases age 20 to 34
  • 4 cases age 5 to 19

York Region (reported at Thursday, May 7, 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 40 institutional outbreaks; 8 resolved
  • 93 (4 more) individuals have died of outbreak-acquired COVID-19
  • 449 (4 more) residents of long-term care, group homes have COVID-19
  • 365 (5 more) health-care workers at long-term care, group homes have COVID-19

The Nitty Gritty

  • 620 cases (8 more), or 35 per cent, acquired by outbreak
  • 538 cases (17 more), or 30 per cent, close contact
  • 362 cases (4 more), or 20 per cent, community transmission
  • 144 cases travel
  • 81 cases (6 more) under investigation
  • 22 cases unknown
  • 322 cases (5 more) age 80+, or 18 per cent
  • 316 cases (5 more) age 55 to 64, or 18 per cent
  • 307 cases (8 more) age 20 to 34, or 17 per cent
  • 301 cases (4 more) age 45 to 54, or 17 per cent
  • 58 cases age 5 to 19, or 3 per cent

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):

  • 19,598 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 477 new confirmed cases today
  • 63 more deaths, totalling 1,540
  • 1,028 cases are hospitalized; 213 in intensive care units; 166 on ventilators
  • 13,990 resolved, 71.4 per cent of cases
  • 16,295 more tests completed, with 14,461 awaiting results

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 234 (9 more) outbreaks reported at long-term care homes
  • 83 outbreaks at retirement homes
  • 70 outbreaks (1 more) at hospitals
  • 720 (38 more) long-term care homes deaths
  • 103 (4 more) deaths at retirement homes
  • 47 (2 more) deaths at hospitals
  • 2,783 cases are long-term care residents; 268 hospital patients
  • 1,398 cases are long-term care staff; 291 hospital staff

The Nitty Gritty

  • 57.3 per cent are females
  • 43.4 per cent are aged 60 +
  • 7.3 per cent acquired by travel
  • 22 per cent (up from 21.8) acquired by close contact
  • 36.3 per cent (down from 36.4) acquired by community transmission
  • 34.3 per cent under investigation

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