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

No new cases in Newmarket, 15 remain active; 6 new cases in York Region, median Rt value jumps to 0.97; Ontario reports 92 new cases, ventilated patients drop to single digits

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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Aug. 13, at 5 p.m.)

255 cases of COVID-19
0 new cases since Aug. 12
218 cases resolved (85%)
15 active cases
22 deaths
0 hospitalized
4 (-2) new cases in last 7 days
286 cases per 100,000 population
947 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 8 positive, 834 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 Thursday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m.)

3,337 confirmed cases of COVID-19
6 new cases since Aug. 12
2,859 (+1) cases resolved (86%)
226 (+3) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 252
13 (-1) cases are hospitalized; 5 (-1) patients in ICU
390 health-care workers infected
92 workplace cluster locations, 1 active, 595 cases

Recovery Measures

30 (-1) cases reported in last 7 days
278 cases per 100,000 population
5 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
0.97 (+.17) 7-day median reproductive number*
17% of new cases unknown source of infection
9,521 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 50 positive, 9,436 negative

*R_t is the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When R_t is below 1.0, the virus stops spreading.

Institutional Outbreaks

73 institutional outbreaks ; 1 active

The Nitty Gritty

1,224 (+4) cases, or 37%, close contact
1,001 (-1) cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
700 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
194, or 6%, travel
151, or 5%, workplace cluster
688 (-1) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
562 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
549 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
512 cases age 80+, or 15%
432 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
400 (+2) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
170 (+1) cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
24 cases under age 5, or 1%

Around the region:

Vaughan 1,447 (+2) cases, 77 (+2) active
Markham 735 (+1) cases, 65 (+1) active
Richmond Hill 377 (-1) cases, 42 (-1) active
Newmarket 255 cases, 15 active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 93 (+1) cases, 10 active
Aurora 141 cases, 7 active
King 53 (+1) cases, 6 (+1) active
East Gwillimbury 71 cases, 4 active
Georgina 164 cases, 0 active

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

40,459 confirmed cases of COVID-19
92 new cases since Aug. 12
1 more death, totalling 2,788
41 (-2) cases are hospitalized; 17 (-3) in ICU; 9 (-1) on ventilators
36,772 resolved, 90.9% of cases
30,137 more tests completed, with 35,426 awaiting results
0.4% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 11

With Toronto Public Health’s data in from yesterday, today Ontario is still reporting fewer than 100 cases, with 92 cases of #COVID19, a 0.2% increase. The province processed over 30,000 tests.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 14, 2020