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

200 of 234 Newmarket cases are resolved; 7-day median Rt value rises to .90 in York Region; Ontario new cases drop under 200 again to 157 — of which 99, or 63 per cent, are from York, Toronto, Peel
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Newmarket (reported Monday, June 29, at 5 p.m.)

  • 234 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since June 28
  • 200 cases resolved (85%)
  • 12 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 2 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
  • 262 cases per 100,000 population
  • 903 tests June 21 to 28: 3 positive, 898 negative

The Nitty Gritty

  • 131 cases outbreak (56%)
  • 38 cases close contact
  • 34 cases community transmission
  • 9 cases under investigation
  • 5 cases workplace cluster
  • 61 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
  • 24 cases age 45 to 54
  • 9 cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Monday, June 29, at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,976 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 25 new cases since June 28
  • 2,414 cases resolved (81%)
  • 317 (+12) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 245*
  • 31 cases are hospitalized; 13 patients in ICU
  • 342 health-care workers infected
  • 74 workplace cluster locations, 15 active

*Vaughan man, 93, on June 28, resident of Woodbridge Vista Care Community.

Recovery Measures

  • 107 (+6) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 248 (+2) cases per 100,000 population
  • 14 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 0.90 (+.05) 7-day median reproductive number*
  • 35% (-3%) of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 8,873 tests June 21 to 28: 88 positive, 8,750 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

  • 66 institutional outbreaks; 4 active
  • 1,193 confirmed cases
  • 191 (+1) deaths
  • 659 (+1) residents/patients
  • 534 (-1) health-care workers

The Nitty Gritty

  • 1,016 (+2) cases, or 34%, close contact
  • 974 (+4) cases, or 33%, institutional outbreak
  • 626 (+7) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 110 (+2), or 4%, workplace cluster
  • 583 (+9) cases age 20 to 34, or 19%
  • 507 (+2) cases age 80+, or 17%
  • 504 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 490 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 402 cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
  • 357 (+6) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 115 (+4) cases age 5 to 19, or 4%
  • 18 (+2) cases under 5, or 1%

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

  • 35,068 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 157 new confirmed cases since June 28
  • 7 more deaths, totalling 2,672
  • 213 cases are hospitalized; 42 in ICU; 34 on ventilators
  • 30,344 resolved, 86.5% of cases
  • 23,759 more tests completed, with 19,318 awaiting results
  • 1.0% (-0.4% change) positivity of tests June 28

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 367 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 68 active
  • 152 outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 active
  • 91 outbreaks at hospitals, 3 active
  • 1,710 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,473 cases are long-term care residents
  • 5,954 cases are health-care workers (17.1%)

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