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

Now at 19 per cent, the percentage of cases among 20 to 34-year-olds in York Region now equals the percentage of cases for age 80+; Ontario reports record number of tests
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, June 4, at 5 p.m.)

*As part of the ongoing data quality process to ensure accuracy, York Region Public Health says changes to the total number of cases reported on a daily basis may occur.

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

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

York Region (reported Thursday, June 4, at 5 p.m.)

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 931 (+5) cases, or 36 per cent, institutional outbreak
  • 75 (+2), or 3 per cent, workplace cluster
  • 788 (+12) cases, or 31 per cent, close contact
  • 511 (+17) cases, or 20 per cent, community transmission
  • 485 (-1) cases age 80+, or 19 per cent
  • 481 (+10) cases age 20 to 34, or 19 per cent
  • 435 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 17 per cent
  • 426 cases age 55 to 64, or 17 per cent
  • 295 cases ages 35 to 44, or 11 per cent
  • 83 (+1) cases age 5 to 19, or 3 per cent

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

  • 29,747 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 344 new confirmed cases since June 3
  • 15 more deaths, totalling 2,372
  • 749 cases are hospitalized; 118 in intensive care units; 94 on ventilators
  • 23,583 resolved, 79.3 per cent of cases
  • 22,730 more tests completed, with 12,247 awaiting results

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 310 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 166 active
  • 147 outbreaks at retirement homes, 81 active
  • 86 outbreaks at hospitals, 46 active
  • 1,519 long-term care resident deaths
  • 167 deaths at retirement homes
  • 75 deaths at hospitals
  • 5,222 cases are long-term care residents
  • 4,890 cases are health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 38.6 per cent are aged 60+
  • 5.3 per cent acquired by travel
  • 61.8 per cent outbreak or close contact
  • 20.8 per cent no known epidemiological link*
  • 12 per cent under investigation

*Sporadic community transmission has been relabelled by Public Health Ontario


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