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

Newmarket resolved cases jump to 38 per cent; Ontario reports less than 300 new cases in a single day for the second day in a row
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Newmarket (reported at Tuesday, May 26, 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 130 (+1) cases outbreak (65 per cent)
  • 25 (+1) cases community transmission
  • 24 (+1) cases close contact
  • 3 cases workplace outbreak
  • 115 cases females (57 per cent)
  • 61 cases age 80+
  • 34 cases age 55 to 64
  • 33 cases age 65 to 79
  • 22 cases age 20 to 34
  • 5 cases age 5 to 19

York Region (reported at Tuesday, May 26, 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 57 institutional outbreaks; 46 closed
  • new outbreak at Blue Door Shelter; 1 resident, 1 staff member 
  • 147 (+6) individuals have died of outbreak-acquired COVID-19
  • 605 (+15) residents/patients
  • 481 health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 875 (+25) cases, or 38 per cent, institutional outbreak
  • 60, or 3 per cent, workplace outbreak
  • 697 (+23) cases, or 30 per cent, close contact
  • 441 cases (+9), or 19 per cent, community transmission
  • 447 (+12) cases age 80+, or 19 per cent
  • 419 (+1) cases age 20 to 34, or 18 per cent
  • 376 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 16 per cent
  • 76 (+1) cases age 5 to 19, or 3 per cent

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

  • 26,483 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 292 new confirmed cases since May 25
  • 32 more deaths, totalling 2,155
  • 847 cases are hospitalized; 150 in intensive care units; 117 on ventilators
  • 20,371 resolved, 76.9 per cent of cases
  • 15,133 more tests completed, with 11,817 awaiting results

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 298 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 199 active
  • 136 outbreaks at retirement homes, 89 active
  • 84 outbreaks at hospitals, 50 active
  • 1,352 long-term care resident deaths; 4 health-care workers
  • 134 deaths at retirement homes
  • 66 deaths at hospitals
  • 4,936 cases are long-term care residents; 351 hospital patients
  • 4,536 cases, or 17.1 per cent, are health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 56 per cent are females
  • 40.6 per cent are aged 60 +
  • 5.7 per cent acquired by travel
  • 61 per cent outbreak or close contact
  • 14.5 per cent community transmission
  • 18.8 per cent under investigation

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