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

Newmarket holds at 9 active cases; York Region reports 4 new cases, while median Rt rises to 1.35; in Ontario, new cases drop to 76, hospitalizations to 35

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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 5 p.m.)

255 cases of COVID-19
0 new cases since Aug. 18
224 cases resolved (88%)
9 active cases
22 deaths
0 hospitalized
0 new cases in last 7 days
286 cases per 100,000 population
1,006 tests Aug. 9 to 16: 0 positive, 1.005 negative, 1 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

134 cases outbreak (53%)
50 cases close contact (20%)
38 cases community transmission (15%)
5 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. 19 at 5 p.m.)

3,361 confirmed cases of COVID-19
4 new cases since Aug. 18
2,951 (+23) cases resolved (87%)
158 (-19) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 252
10 (-1) cases are hospitalized; 5 patients in ICU
385 (+1) health-care workers infected
96 (+2) workplace cluster locations, 4 (+2) active, 611 (+7) cases

Recovery Measures

33 (+1) cases reported in last 7 days
280 cases per 100,000 population
5 (+1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
1.35 (+.23) 7-day median reproductive number*
30% of new cases unknown source of infection
10,524 tests Aug. 9 to 16: 41 positive, 10,470 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

1,232 (+1) cases, or 37%, close contact
1,003 cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
708 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
195 (+1), or 6%, travel
151, or 5%, workplace cluster
691 (+2) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
569 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
555 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
512 cases age 80+, or 15%
433 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
405 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
172 cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
24 cases under age 5, or 1%

Around the region:

Vaughan 1,459 (+3) cases, 56 (-10) active
Markham 742 cases, 49 (-5) active
Richmond Hill 377 cases, 22 (-4) active
Newmarket 255 cases, 9 active
Aurora 143 (+1) cases, 7 (+1) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 93 cases, 6 active
King 54 cases, 3 (-2) active
East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 5 (+1) active
Georgina 165 cases, 1 active

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

41, 048 confirmed cases of COVID-19
76 new cases since Aug. 18 *
1 more death, totalling 2,793
35 (-7) cases are hospitalized; 15 in ICU; 8 (-2) on ventilators
37,291 resolved, 90.8% of cases
25,917 more tests completed, with 22,104 awaiting results
0.5% (0.0% change) positivity of tests Aug. 18

*Data not available from 11 public health units

Ontario is reporting 76 cases of #COVID19. Due to an issue with iPHIS, updated numbers are not available from 11 PHUs. These 11 units reported a total of eight cases yesterday and while not a direct proxy for today it’s an indication of how many cases may be under-reported.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 20, 2020