Newmarket (reported Friday, Aug. 21, at 5 p.m.)
- 255 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new cases since Aug. 20
- 230 (+2) cases resolved (90%)
- 3 (-2) 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%)
- 2 (-1) 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 Friday, Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,374 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 3 new cases since Aug. 20
- 3,015 (+7) cases resolved (89%)
- 106 (-5) active cases
- 1 more deaths, totalling 253*
- 8 (-2) cases are hospitalized; 3 patients in ICU
- 386 (+1) health-care workers infected
- 96 workplace cluster locations, 4 active, 613 (+2) cases
*A Vaughan man, 70, Aug. 18 at Mackenzie Health, local transmission case
Recovery Measures
- 32 (-5) cases reported in last 7 days
- 281 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
- 4 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 1.21 (-.04) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 46% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 10,597 tests Aug. 9 to 16: 41 positive, 10,543 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
- 74 institutional outbreaks; 0 active
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,240 (+4) cases, or 37%, close contact
- 1,003 cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
- 713 (+2) cases, or 21%, community transmission
- 198 (+2), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
- 694 (+2) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
- 571 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 555 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 513 cases age 80+, or 15%
- 435 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 406 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 175 cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
- 25 cases under age 5, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,464 (+2) cases, 38 (-1) active
- Markham 746 (+1) cases, 35 (+1) active
- Richmond Hill 380 cases, 17 (-2) active
- King 55 cases, 4 active
- Newmarket 255 cases, 3 (-2) active
- Aurora 143 cases, 3 active
- East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 3 active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 93 cases, 2 (-1) active
- Georgina 165 cases, 1 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 41,287 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 108 new cases since Aug. 20
- 1 more death, totalling 2,797
- 40 (+5) cases are hospitalized; 13 in ICU; 7 on ventilators
- 37,487 resolved, 90.8% of cases
- 28,656 more tests completed, with 17,965 awaiting results
- 0.5% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 20
Institutional Outbreaks
- 408 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 11 (+1) active
- 176 outbreaks at retirement homes, 12 active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 2 active
- 1,804 long-term care resident deaths
- 5,923 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
- 6,649 (+13) cases are health-care workers (16.1%)
