Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 5 p.m.)
- 261 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new case since Aug. 31
- 235 cases resolved (90%)
- 4 active cases
- 22 deaths
- 2 hospitalized
- 3 new cases in last 7 days
- 292 cases per 100,000 population
- 991 tests Aug. 23 to 30: 4 positive, 780 negative, 7 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty*
- 134 cases outbreak (52%)
- 50 cases close contact (19%)
- 44 cases community transmission (17%)
- 0 cases under investigation
- 21 cases travel
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 cases age 80+, or 24%
- 42 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
- 42 cases age 65 to 79, or 16%
- 38 cases age 35 to 44, or 15%
- 36 cases age 19 to 34, 14%
- 28 cases age 45 to 54, or 11%
- 7 cases age 4 to 13, or 3%
- 5 cases age 14 to 18, or 2%
- 1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%
*York Region has changed its age categories, providing additional case data for age 34 and under
York Region (reported Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,478 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 13 new cases since Aug. 31
- 3,127 (+7) cases resolved (90%)
- 98 (+6) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 253
- 15 cases are hospitalized; 3 patients in ICU
- 388 health-care workers infected
- 98 (-1) workplace cluster locations, 2 (-4) active, 620 (-6) cases
Recovery Measures
- 70 (+8) cases reported in last 7 days
- 290 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
- 8 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 1.07 (+0.10) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 46% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 10,593 tests Aug. 23 to 30: 72 positive, 10,504 negative, 17 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
- 77 (+1) institutional outbreaks; 2 (+1) active
- Outbreak #2 declared Sept. 1 at Chartwell Aurora Long-term Care Centre, 1 health-care worker
The Nitty Gritty*
- 1,283 (+9) cases, or 37%, close contact
- 1,004 cases, or 29%, institutional outbreak
- 756 (+6) cases, or 22%, community transmission
- 212 (+2), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
- 757 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, or 22%
- 583 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 581 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 518 cases age 80+, or 15%
- 454 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 414 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 88 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
- 61 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 2 %
- 22 cases age 0 to 3, or 1%
*York Region has changed its age categories, providing additional case data for age 34 and under
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,502 (+2) cases, 36 (-1) active
- Markham 770 (+2) cases, 25 (-2) active
- Richmond Hill 402 (+7) cases, 27 (+7) active
- Newmarket 261 cases, 4 active
- Aurora 147 (+2) cases, 4 (+2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 95 cases, 1 active
- Georgina 166 cases, 1 active
- East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 0 active
- King 55 cases, 0 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 42,554 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 133 new cases since Aug. 31
- 0 more deaths, totalling 2,816
- 38,506 resolved, 90.5% of cases
- 60 (-1) cases are hospitalized; 13 (-4) in ICU; 9 (+4) on ventilators
- 24,004 more tests completed, with 18,273 awaiting results
- 0.7% (+0.1% change) positivity of tests Sept. 1
Institutional Outbreaks
- 422 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 18 active
- 189 (+3) outbreaks at retirement homes, 22 (+3) active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 3 active
- 1,816 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
- 5,937 cases are long-term care residents
- 6,732 (+18) cases are health-care workers (15.8%)
