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

No new cases reported for Newmarket; York Region median Rt drops to .91, with 11 new cases; Ontario reports 129 new cases, 3 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Saturday, July 11, at 5 p.m.)

  • 240 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since July 10
  • 205 cases resolved (85%)
  • 13 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 5 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
  • 269 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 cases community transmission
  • 7 cases under investigation
  • cases workplace cluster
  • 61 cases age 80+
  • 42 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 cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Saturday, July 11, at 5 p.m.)

Recovery Measures

  • 103 (-8) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 262 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 14 (-2) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • .91 (-.07)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 29% (+1) of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 8,981 tests June 28 to July 5: 90 positive, 8,874 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

  • 1,095 (+13) cases, or 35%, close contact
  • 988 cases, or 31%, institutional outbreak
  • 656 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 144 (+1), or 5%, workplace cluster
  • 629 (+7) cases age 20 to 34, or 20%
  • 536 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 514 cases age 80+, or 16%
  • 512 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 418 (-1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 380 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 134 (+1) cases age 5 to 19, or 4%
  • 22 (+1) cases under age 5, or 1%

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

  • 36,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 129 new cases since July 10
  • 3 more deaths, totalling 2,719
  • 116 cases are hospitalized; 29 in ICU; 19 on ventilators
  • 32,534 resolved, 88.6% of cases
  • 25,726 more tests completed, with 16,174 awaiting results
  • 0.7% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests July 10

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 377 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 40 active
  • 154 outbreaks at retirement homes, 14 active
  • 95 outbreaks at hospitals, 7 active
  • 1,729 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,537 cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,156 cases are health-care workers (16.8%)

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