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

Newmarket active cases drop to 2; York Region new cases spike at 22, median Rt rises to 1.31, Whitchurch-Stouffville has 0 active cases ; Ontario reports 169 more cases
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Newmarket (reported Friday, Sept. 4, at 5 p.m.)

  • 261 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since Sept. 3
  • 237 (+1) cases resolved (90%)
  • 2 (-1) active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 1 hospitalized
  • 1 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
  • 292 cases per 100,000 population
  • 1,045 tests Aug. 23 to 30: 4 positive, 1,034 negative, 7 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

  • 134 cases outbreak (52%)
  • 50 cases close contact (19%)
  • 45 (+1) cases community transmission (17%)
  • 0 cases under investigation
  • 21 cases travel
  • 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 (reported Friday, Sept. 4 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,511 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 22 new cases since Sept. 3
  • 3,511 (+12) cases resolved (90%)
  • 108 (+10)active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 253
  • 13 cases are hospitalized; 2 (-1) patients in ICU
  • 388 health-care workers infected
  • 102 workplace cluster locations, 7 active, 635 (+1) cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 62 (-9) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 292 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 8 (-2) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 1.31 (-0.7)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 42% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 11,179 tests Aug. 23 to 30: 74 positive, 11,082 negative, 23 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

The Nitty Gritty

  • 1,301 (+10) cases, or 37%, close contact
  • 1,006 (+2) cases, or 29%, institutional outbreak
  • 760 cases, or 22%, community transmission
  • 214 (+1), or 6%, travel
  • 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
  • 778 (+15) cases age 19 to 34, or 22%
  • 587 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 582 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 519 (+1) cases age 80+, or 15%
  • 456 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 415 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 88 cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
  • 61 cases age 4 to 13, or 2 %
  • 23 cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 1,512 (+4) cases, 36 (-1) active
  • Richmond Hill 419 (+5) cases, 34 (+3) active
  • Markham 783 (+13) cases, 32 (+10) active
  • Aurora 147 cases, 3 active
  • Newmarket 261 cases, 2 (-1) active
  • Georgina 166 cases, 1 active
  • East Gwillimbury 72 cases, 0 active
  • King 55 cases, 0 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 95 cases, 0 (-1) active

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

  • 43,003 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 169 new cases since Sept. 3 
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 2,811
  • 38,847 resolved, 90.3% of cases
  • 58 (-8) cases are hospitalized; 14 (+1) in ICU; 8 on ventilators
  • 28,672 more tests completed, with 23,357 awaiting results
  • 0.7% (+0.1% change) positivity of tests Sept. 3

Institutional Outbreaks 

  • 424 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 17 (-1) active
  • 192 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 24 (+1) active
  • 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 3 active
  • 1,817 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,944 (-2) cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,750 (+10) cases are health-care workers (15.8%)

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