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

Active cases increase in Newmarket, York Region as daily new cases spike; hospital occupancy due to COVID-19 continues slow decline in York Region, Ontario
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, June 3, at 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 130 cases outbreak (59 per cent)
  • 30 (+1) cases community transmission
  • 30 (+1) cases close contact
  • 12 cases under investigation
  • 4 cases workplace cluster
  • 59 (+1) cases age 80+
  • 39 (+1) cases age 55 to 64
  • 36 (+1) cases age 65 to 79
  • 31 cases age 35 to 44
  • 27 cases age 20 to 34
  • 22 cases age 45 to 54
  • 5 cases age 5 to 19

York Region (reported Wednesday, June 3, at 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 64 institutional outbreaks; 48 closed
  • 1,155 (+25) confirmed cases
  • 168 (+1) individuals have died of outbreak-acquired COVID-19
  • 643 (+16) residents/patients
  • 512 (+9) health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 926 (+18) cases, or 36 per cent, institutional outbreak
  • 73 (+2), or 3 per cent, workplace cluster
  • 776 (+17) cases, or 30 per cent, close contact
  • 494 (+7) cases, or 19 per cent, community transmission
  • 486 (+13) cases age 80+, or 19 per cent
  • 471 (+11) cases age 20 to 34, or 18 per cent
  • 433 cases age 45 to 54, or 17 per cent
  • 426 (+6) cases age 55 to 64, or 17 per cent
  • 295 (+6) cases ages 35 to 44, or 11 per cent
  • 82 cases age 5 to 19, or 3 per cent

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

  • 29,403 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 356 new confirmed cases since June 2
  • 45 more deaths, totalling 2,357
  • 776 cases are hospitalized; 121 in intensive care units; 94 on ventilators
  • 23,208 resolved, 78.9 per cent of cases
  • 20,822 more tests completed, with 12,760 awaiting results

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 308 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 166 active
  • 147 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 83 active
  • 86 (+2) outbreaks at hospitals, 46 active
  • 1,509 long-term care resident deaths
  • 155 deaths at retirement homes
  • 75 deaths at hospitals
  • 5,202 cases are long-term care residents
  • 4,854 cases are health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 38.8 per cent are aged 60+
  • 5.3 per cent acquired by travel
  • 61.7 per cent outbreak or close contact
  • 20.5 per cent no known epidemiological link*
  • 12.4 per cent under investigation

*Sporadic community transmission has been relabelled by Public Health Ontario


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