Newmarket (reported Saturday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m.)
- 260 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new cases since Aug. 28
- 234 (+1) cases resolved (90%)
- 4 (-1) active cases
- 22 deaths
- 2 (+1) hospitalized
- 5 new cases in last 7 days
- 291 cases per 100,000 population
- 1,063 tests Aug. 16 to 23: 5 positive, 1,057 negative, 1 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 134 cases outbreak (52%)
- 50 cases close contact (19%)
- 43 (+2) cases community transmission (17%)
- 0 (-2) cases under investigation
- 21 cases travel
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 cases age 80+
- 42 cases age 55 to 64
- 42 cases age 65 to 79
- 38 cases age 35 to 44
- 34 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 Saturday, Aug. 29 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,441 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 7 new cases since Aug. 28
- 3,108 (+14) cases resolved (90%)
- 80 (-2) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 253
- 13 cases are hospitalized; 3 patients in ICU
- 387 health-care workers infected
- 99 workplace cluster locations, 6 active, 625 cases
Recovery Measures
- 68 (+7) cases reported in last 7 days
- 287 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
- 7 (+1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 0.96 (+0.4) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 51% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 10,323 tests Aug. 16 to 23: 51 positive, 10,256 negative, 16 indeterminate
*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
- 75 institutional outbreaks; 1 active
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,261 (+3) cases, or 37%, close contact
- 1,004 cases, or 29%, institutional outbreak
- 742 (+6) cases, or 22%, community transmission
- 210 (+1), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
- 707 (+2) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
- 581 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 572 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 514 cases age 80+, or 15%
- 446 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 413 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 183 cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
- 25 cases under age 5, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,494 (+4) cases, 35 (+1) active
- Markham 763 cases, 22 (-2) active
- Richmond Hill 392 (+2) cases, 15 (+2) active
- Newmarket 260 cases, 4 (-1) active
- King 55 cases, 2 active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 95 cases, 1 (-2) active
- Aurora 144 (+1) cases, 1 (+1) active
- East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 0 (-1) active
- Georgina 165 cases, 0 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 42,195 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 112 new cases since Aug. 28
- 1 more death, totalling 2,810
- 38,204 resolved, 90.5% of cases
- 51 cases are hospitalized; 20 (+3) in ICU; 10 (+5) on ventilators
- 24,970 more tests completed, with 23,880 awaiting results
- 0.6% (0.0% change) positivity of tests Aug. 27
Institutional Outbreaks
- 414 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 14 (+1) active
- 186 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 19 (+1) active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 3 active
- 1,814 long-term care resident deaths
- 5,936 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
- 6,687 cases are health-care workers (15.9%)
