Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 5 p.m.)
- 249 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new cases since Aug. 4
- 218 cases resolved (88%)
- 9 active cases
- 22 deaths
- 0 hospitalized
- 1 new cases in last 7 days
- 279 cases per 100,000 population
- 1,094 tests July 26 to Aug. 2: 1 positive, 1,092 negative, 1 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 134 cases outbreak (54%)
- 46 cases close contact
- 38 cases community transmission
- 5 cases under investigation
- 19 cases travel
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 cases age 80+
- 41 cases age 55 to 64
- 40 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 Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,303 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 4 new cases since Aug. 4
- 2,813 (-5) cases resolved (85%)
- 238 (+1) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 252
- 16 (+1) cases are hospitalized; 7 patients in ICU
- 388 health-care workers infected
- 91 workplace cluster locations, 1 active, 593 cases
Recovery Measures
- 46 (-4) cases reported in last 7 days
- 275 cases per 100,000 population
- 5 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 0.70 (-.03%) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 24% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 10,808 tests July 26 to Aug. 2: 68 positive, 10,727 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
- 73 institutional outbreaks; 4 active
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,195 (-5) cases, or 36%, close contact
- 999 (+1) cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
- 693 (+3) cases, or 21%, community transmission
- 192 (+1), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
- 677 (+1) cases age 20 to 34, or 20%
- 556 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 546 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 513 cases age 80+, or 16%
- 430 (-1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 396 (-1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 162 (-2) cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
- 23 cases under age 5, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,439 (-1) cases, 88 (-1) active
- Markham 726 (-1) cases, 61 active
- Richmond Hill 367 cases, 39 active
- Aurora 141 cases, 14 active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 92 (-2) cases, 11 active
- Newmarket 249 cases, 9 active
- Georgina 164 cases, 6 active
- King 53 (+2) cases, 6 (+1) active
- East Gwillimbury 70 (-1) cases, 3 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 39,809 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 95 new cases since Aug. 4
- 1 more death, totalling 2,783
- 71 (+5) cases are hospitalized; 29 (-1) in ICU; 13 (-2) on ventilators
- 35,906 resolved, 90.2% of cases
- 26,181 more tests completed, with 19,292 awaiting results
- 0.6% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 4
Institutional Outbreaks
- 401 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 39 (-1) active
- 170 (-1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 20 (-2) active
- 97 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 (-1) active
- 1,798 long-term care resident deaths
- 5,899 (+3) cases are long-term care residents
- 6,512 (+30) cases are health-care workers (16.4%)
