Newmarket (reported Wedneday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m.)
- 255 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new cases since Aug. 11
- 218 cases resolved (85%)
- 15 active cases
- 22 deaths
- 0 hospitalized
- 6 new cases in last 7 days
- 286 cases per 100,000 population
- 882 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 8 positive, 869 negative, 5 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 134 cases outbreak (53%)
- 50 cases close contact (20%)
- 38 cases community transmission (15%)
- 6 cases under investigation
- 20 cases travel
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 cases age 80+
- 42 cases age 55 to 64
- 40 cases age 65 to 79
- 36 cases age 35 to 44
- 33 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. 12 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,333 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1 new cases since Aug. 11
- 2,858 (+7) cases resolved (86%)
- 223 (-7) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 252
- 14 cases are hospitalized; 6 patients in ICU
- 390 health-care workers infected
- 92 workplace cluster locations, 1 active, 595 cases
Recovery Measures
- 31 (-2) cases reported in last 7 days
- 278 cases per 100,000 population
- 6 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 0.80 (-.06) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 19% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 8,985 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 49 positive, 8,902 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; 1 active
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,219 (+1) cases, or 37%, close contact
- 1,002 cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
- 699 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
- 194 (+2), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
- 689 cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
- 560 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 549 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 512 (-1) cases age 80+, or 15%
- 432 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 398 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 169 cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
- 24 (+1) cases under age 5, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,445 (+1) cases, 75 (-2) active
- Markham 734 cases, 64 active
- Richmond Hill 378 cases, 43 (-3) active
- Newmarket 255 cases, 15 active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 92 cases, 10 (-1) active
- Aurora 141 cases, 7 active
- King 52 cases, 5 active
- East Gwillimbury 71 cases, 4 active
- Georgina 164 cases, 0 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 40,367 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 78 new cases since Aug. 11*
- 0 more deaths, totalling 2,787
- 43 (-6) cases are hospitalized; 20 in ICU; 10 on ventilators
- 36,689 resolved, 90.9% of cases
- 29,626 more tests completed, with 29,049 awaiting results
- 0.5% (+0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 11
*Updated data from Toronto Public Health not available, resulting in a lower daily case count
Institutional Outbreaks
- 403 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 25 (-2) active
- 176 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 20 (-1) active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 active
- 1,800 long-term care resident deaths
- 5,903 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
- 6,568 (+4) cases are health-care workers (16.3%)
