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

Newmarket holds steady with 16 active cases; York Region's median Rt value jumps from .84 to .91 a week after reopening; Ontario reports 111 new cases, lowest number in more than three months
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, June 25, at 5 p.m.)

  • 232 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since June 24
  • 194 cases resolved (84%)
  • 16 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 4 new cases in last 7 days
  • 260 cases per 100,000 population
  • 964 tests June 14 to 21: 9 positive, 954 negative

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 131 cases outbreak (56%)
  • 39 cases close contact
  • 35 cases community transmission
  • 4 cases under investigation
  • 4 cases workplace cluster
  • 60 cases age 80+
  • 41 cases age 55 to 64
  • 37 cases age 65 to 79
  • 32 cases age 35 to 44
  • 28 cases age 20 to 34
  • 23 cases age 45 to 54
  • 9 cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Thursday, June 25, at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,921 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 8 new cases since June 24
  • 2,355 cases resolved (81%)
  • 324 (-11) active cases
  • 2 more deaths, totalling 242*
  • 32 cases are hospitalized; 12 patients in ICU
  • 341 (+3) health-care workers infected
  • 69 workplace cluster locations, 17 active

*Vaughan woman, 80, on June 22, a resident of Woodbridge Vista Care Community; Markham man, 79, at Mackenzie Health, on June 23, community transmission.

Recovery Measures

  • 102 (-10) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 243 cases per 100,000 population
  • 12 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 0.85 (+.06) 7-day median reproductive number*
  • 32% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 9,449 tests June 14 to 21: 122 positive, 9,311 negative

*Rt is the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus stops spreading.

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 995 (+6) cases, or 34%, close contact
  • 968 (-2) cases, or 33%, institutional outbreak
  • 605 cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 102, or 4%, workplace cluster
  • 565 cases age 20 to 34, or 19%
  • 504 (+2) cases age 80+, or 17%
  • 496 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 485 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 398 cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
  • 347 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 110 cases age 5 to 19, or 4%
  • 16 cases under 5

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

  • 34,316 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 111 new confirmed cases since June 24
  • 3 more deaths, totalling 2,644
  • 256 cases are hospitalized; 61 in ICU; 41 on ventilators
  • 29,754 resolved, 86.7% of cases
  • 30,780 more tests completed, with 27,344 awaiting results
  • 1.3% (0.% change) positivity of tests June 24

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 356 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 69 active
  • 153 outbreaks at retirement homes, 17 active
  • 91 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 active
  • 1,692 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,445 cases are long-term care residents
  • 5,894 cases are health-care workers (17.2%)

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