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

No new cases in Newmarket, no hospitalizations; York Region new cases drop to 3, median Rt value remains above 1.0; Ontario reports 137 new cases, 4 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Saturday, July 25, at 5 p.m.)

  • 248 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since July 24
  • 212 cases resolved (85%)
  • 14 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 4 new cases in last 7 days
  • 278 cases per 100,000 population
  • 1,002 tests July 12 to 19: 7 positive, 993 negative

The Nitty Gritty

  • 134 cases outbreak (54%)
  • 46 cases close contact
  • 40 cases community transmission
  • 5 cases under investigation
  • 7 cases workplace cluster
  • 62 cases age 80+
  • 41 cases age 55 to 64
  • 39 cases age 65 to 79
  • 34 cases age 35 to 44
  • 30 cases age 20 to 34
  • 27 cases age 45 to 54
  • 13 cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Saturday, July 25, at 5 p.m.)

Recovery Measures

  • 53 (-1) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 271 cases per 100,000 population
  • 8 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 1.10 (-.03)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 13% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 10,733 tests July 12 to 19: 85 positive, 10,638 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

  • 1,170 (+1) cases, or 36%, close contact
  • 1,000 cases, or 31%, institutional outbreak
  • 683 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 153 (+1), or 5%, workplace cluster
  • 663 cases age 20 to 34, or 20%
  • 550 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 535 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 514 cases age 80+, or 16%
  • 424 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 391 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 150 cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
  • 23 cases under age 5, or 1%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 1,426 (-1) cases, 99 (-6) active
  • Markham 717 (+1) cases, 66 (-4) active
  • Richmond Hill 356 cases, 31 (-3) active
  • Newmarket 248 cases, 14 active
  • Aurora 130 cases, 11 active
  • Georgina 164 cases, 7 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 86 cases, 6 (-1) active
  • King 49 cases, 4 active
  • East Gwillimbury 70 cases, 3 active

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

  • 38,680 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 137 new cases since July 24
  • 4 more death, totalling 2,763
  • 87 (-10) cases are hospitalized; 29 (-1) in ICU; 21 (+1) on ventilators*
  • 34,359 resolved, 88.8% of cases
  • 26,144 more tests completed, with 18,000 awaiting results
  • .6% (+0.3% change) positivity of tests July 24

*Approximately 30 hospitals did not submit data

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 386 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 33 (-1) active
  • 166 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 25 active
  • 96 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 active
  • 1,792 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,885 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,386 cases are health-care workers (16.6%)

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