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

Only 1 case reported for Newmarket in last week; 13 new cases bring York Region total close to 3,000; Ontario reports 149 cases June 30 and 153 cases July 1, the lowest single-day numbers since June 26
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, July 1, at 5 p.m.)

  • 234 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since June 30
  • 201 cases resolved (86%)
  • 11 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 1 new case in last 7 days
  • 262 cases per 100,000 population
  • 972 tests June 21 to 28: 3 positive, 968 negative

The Nitty Gritty

  • 131 cases outbreak (56%)
  • 38 cases close contact
  • 34 cases community transmission
  • 7 cases under investigation
  • 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 Wednesday, July 1, at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,999 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 13 new cases since June 29
  • 2,432 cases resolved (81%)
  • 320 (-2) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 247*
  • 33 cases are hospitalized; 13 patients in ICU
  • 344 (+2) health-care workers infected
  • 74 workplace cluster locations, 15 active, 502 cases

*Vaughan man, 72, on June 26 at Mackenzie Health, community-acquired case.

Recovery Measures

  • 100 (-7) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 250 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 12 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 1.0  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 37% (+2) of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 9,676 tests June 21 to 28: 103 positive, 9,538 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

  • 1,032 (+10) cases, or 34%, close contact
  • 973 (-1) cases, or 32%, institutional outbreak
  • 628 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 113, or 4%, workplace cluster
  • 585 (-1) cases age 20 to 34, or 20%
  • 506 (-1) cases age 80+, or 17%
  • 514 (+6) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 491 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 405 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
  • 362 (+2) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 113 (+2) cases age 5 to 19, or 4%
  • 18 cases under 5, or 1%

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

  • 35,370 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • (149 new cases since June 29, province did not update on July 1) 
  • 153 new cases since June 30
  • 4 more deaths, totalling 2,680
  • 119 cases are hospitalized; 40 in ICU; 26 on ventilators*
  • 30,730 resolved, 86.5% of cases
  • 24,322 more tests completed, with 13,922 awaiting results
  • 1.0% (0% change) positivity of tests June 29

*More than 30 hospitals did not report June 30

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 366 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 60 active
  • 153 outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 active
  • 92 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 active
  • 1,712 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,488 cases are long-term care residents
  • 5,979 cases are health-care workers (17%)

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