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

York Region daily cases spike by 51 as a result of unreported cases in April; Ontario new cases dip following two-day concerning increase
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, June 2, at 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 130 cases outbreak (61 per cent)
  • 29 cases community transmission
  • 29 (+1) cases close contact
  • 4 cases workplace cluster
  • 58 cases age 80+
  • 38 cases age 55 to 64
  • 35 cases age 65 to 79
  • 31 (+1) cases age 35 to 44
  • 27 (+1) cases age 20 to 34
  • 5 cases age 5 to 19

York Region (reported Tuesday, June 2, at 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 908 (+2) cases, or 36 per cent, institutional outbreak
  • 71 (+3), or 3 per cent, workplace cluster
  • 759 (+2) cases, or 30 per cent, close contact
  • 487 (+9) cases, or 19 per cent, community transmission
  • 473 (+3) cases age 80+, or 19 per cent
  • 460 (+7) cases age 20 to 34, or 18 per cent
  • 420 (+12) cases age 55 to 64, or 17 per cent
  • 289 (+13) cases ages 35 to 44, or 11 per cent
  • 82 (+2) cases age 5 to 19, or 3 per cent

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

  • 29,047 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 338 new confirmed cases since May 31
  • 19 more deaths, totalling 2,312
  • 791 cases are hospitalized; 127 in intensive care units; 92 on ventilators
  • 22,811 resolved, 78.5 per cent of cases
  • 15,244 more tests completed, with 10,622 awaiting results

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 308 (-1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 169 active
  • 145 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 86 active
  • 84 outbreaks at hospitals, 46 active
  • 1,472 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5 long-term care health-care worker deaths
  • 150 deaths at retirement homes
  • 69 deaths at hospitals
  • 5,172 cases are long-term care residents; 360 hospital patients
  • 4,797 cases, or 16.5 per cent, are health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 39 per cent are aged 60 +
  • 5.4 per cent acquired by travel
  • 61.4 per cent outbreak or close contact
  • 20.3 per cent no known epidemiological link*
  • 12.9 per cent under investigation

*Sporadic community transmission has been relabelled by Public Health Ontario


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Debora Kelly is the editor for AuroraToday and NewmarketToday. She is an award-winning journalist and communications professional who is passionate about building strong communities through engagement, advocacy and partnership.
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