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

Active cases in Newmarket drop to 5; York Region reports 10 new cases, 4 aged under 20; Ontario reports 131 new cases, including yesterday's delayed numbers

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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Aug. 20, at 5 p.m.)

255 cases of COVID-19
0 new cases since Aug. 19
228 (+4) cases resolved (89%)
5 (-4) active cases
22 deaths
0 hospitalized
0 new cases in last 7 days
286 cases per 100,000 population
1,016 tests Aug. 9 to 16: 0 positive, 1.015 negative, 1 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

134 cases outbreak (53%)
50 cases close contact (20%)
38 cases community transmission (15%)
3 (-2) 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. 20 at 5 p.m.)

3,371 confirmed cases of COVID-19
10 new cases since Aug. 19
3,008 (+57) cases resolved (89%)
111 (-47) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 252
10 cases are hospitalized; 5 patients in ICU
385 health-care workers infected
96 workplace cluster locations, 4 active, 611 cases

Recovery Measures

37 (+4) cases reported in last 7 days
280 cases per 100,000 population
5 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
1.25 (-.10) 7-day median reproductive number*
37% of new cases unknown source of infection
10,593 tests Aug. 9 to 16: 41 positive, 10,539 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

74 institutional outbreaks ; 0 active
Outbreak resolved Aug. 20 at Aptus Treatment Centre, Vaughan

The Nitty Gritty

1,236 (+4) cases, or 37%, close contact
1,003 cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
711 (+3) cases, or 21%, community transmission
196 (+1), or 6%, travel
151, or 5%, workplace cluster
692 (+1) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
571 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
555 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
513 (+1) cases age 80+, or 15%
435 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
405 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
175 (+3) cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
25 (+1) cases under age 5, or 1%

Around the region:

Vaughan 1,462 (+3) cases, 39 (-17) active
Markham 745 (+3) cases, 34 (-15) active
Richmond Hill 380 (+3) cases, 19 (-3) active
Newmarket 255 cases, 5 (-4) active
King 55 (+1) cases, 4 (+2) active
Aurora 143 cases, 3 (-4) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 93 cases, 3 (-3) active
East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 3 (-2) active
Georgina 165 cases, 1 active

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

41, 179 confirmed cases of COVID-19
131 new cases since Aug. 19
3 more deaths, totalling 2,796
35 cases are hospitalized; 13 (-2) in ICU; 7 (-1) on ventilators
37,397 resolved, 90.8% of cases
28,073 more tests completed, with 19,941 awaiting results
0.6% (+0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 19

With the 11 missing public health units now having entered their numbers for yesterday and with all 34 units reporting today, Ontario has added 131 cases of #COVID19. Because of the data gap yesterday, today’s number is an overestimation of daily counts.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 21, 2020