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

2 more cases, one aged 5 to 19, bring Newmarket's total to 240; 17 new cases, 1 more fatality reported in York Region; slight uptick in daily cases in Ontario at 130
2020 05 01 medical field tents Southlake DK
Southlake Regional Health Centre COVID-19 assessment centre. File photo/NewmarketToday

Newmarket (reported Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m.)

  • 240 cases of COVID-19
  • 2 new cases since July 9
  • 205 cases resolved (85%)
  • 13 (-2) active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 6 new cases in last 7 days
  • 269 (+2) cases per 100,000 population
  • 880 tests June 28 to July 5: 2 positive, 876 negative

The Nitty Gritty

  • 131 cases outbreak (55%)
  • 41 cases close contact
  • 37 (+1) cases community transmission
  • 7 (+1) cases under investigation
  • cases workplace cluster
  • 61 cases age 80+
  • 42 (+1) cases age 55 to 64
  • 38 cases age 65 to 79
  • 33 cases age 35 to 44
  • 28 cases age 20 to 34
  • 26 cases age 45 to 54
  • 10 (+1) cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m.)

*A resident of Christian Horizons, Vaughan on July 8 at Mackenzie Health (the age and gender are not provided to protect the privacy of individuals residing in smaller group home settings).

Recovery Measures

  • 103 (-8) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 261 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 16 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • .98 (-.02)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 28% (+1) of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 8,972 tests June 28 to July 5: 90 positive, 8,865 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

  • 1,082 (-1) cases, or 35%, close contact
  • 988 (-1) cases, or 32%, institutional outbreak
  • 655 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 144 (+1), or 5%, workplace cluster
  • 622 (+3) cases age 20 to 34, or 20%
  • 535 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 514 cases age 80+, or 16%
  • 512 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 419 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 380 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 133 cases age 5 to 19, or 4%
  • 21 cases under age 5, or 1%

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

  • 36,594 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 130 new cases since July 9
  • 6 more deaths, totalling 2,716
  • 128 cases are hospitalized; 31 in ICU; 18 on ventilators
  • 32,422 resolved, 88.6% of cases
  • 29,522 more tests completed, with 22,083 awaiting results
  • 0.8% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests July 9

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 376 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 42 active
  • 154 outbreaks at retirement homes, 14 active
  • 95 outbreaks at hospitals, 7 active
  • 1,728 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,535 cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,120 cases are health-care workers (16.8%)

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