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

Newmarket holds at 4 active cases; York Region reports 16 new cases, as median Rt sits at 1.18; Ontario has 313 new cases, 67% in persons aged under 40

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Editor's Note, Sept. 21, 2020: This report has been edited to remove the name of a child care centre that was incorrectly reported by Public Health Ontario to have a confirmed COVID-19 case.

Newmarket (reported Sunday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m.)

264 cases of COVID-19
0 new cases since Sept. 12
238 cases resolved (90%)
4 active cases
22 deaths
1 hospitalized
1 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
296 cases per 100,000 population
611 tests Sept. 6 to 12: 0 positive, 610 negative, 1 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

134 cases outbreak, or 51%
52 cases close contact, or 20%
46 cases community transmission, or 17%
0 cases under investigation, or 2%
21 cases travel, or 8%
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 14%
39 cases age 19 to 34, 15%
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 Sunday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m.)

3,656 confirmed cases of COVID-19
16 new cases since Sept. 13
3,247 (+13) cases resolved (89%)
156 (+2) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 253
10 cases are hospitalized; 2 patients in ICU
393 health-care workers infected
108 (+1) workplace cluster locations, 11 (+1) active, 649 (+1) cases

Recovery Measures

112 (-1) new cases reported in last 7 days
305 (+2) cases per 100,000 population
14 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
1.18 (-0.01) 7-day median reproductive number*
28% of new cases unknown source of infection
7,813 total tests Sept. 6 to 12: 72 positive, 7,734 negative, 7 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.

Cases in schools, child care centres

0 schools
1 child care centre
St. Veronica Children's Centre, Woodbridge

Institutional Outbreaks

79 institutional outbreaks ; 4 active
Outbreak resolved Sept. 13 at Safehaven Aurora

The Nitty Gritty

1,391 (+5) cases, or 38%, close contact
1,006 cases, or 28%, institutional outbreak
796 (+3) cases, or 22%, community transmission
217, or 6%, travel
151, or 4%, workplace cluster
838 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, or 23%
605 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
611 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
522 (+1) cases age 80+, or 14%
460 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
432 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
96 cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
66 cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
26 cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

Around the region:

Vaughan 1,564 (+3) cases, 56 active
Markham 832 (+8) cases, 51 (+4) active
Richmond Hill 440 (+3) cases, 28 (-1) active
Aurora 157 cases, 8 (-2) active
Newmarket 264 cases, 4 active
King 58 (+1) cases, 3 (+1) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 98 cases, 3 active
East Gwillimbury 75 cases, 2 active
Georgina 167 cases, 1 active

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

44,817 confirmed cases of COVID-19
313 new cases since Sept. 13
1 new death, totalling 2,816
39,974 resolved 89.2% of cases
47 (+12) cases are hospitalized; 17 (+3) in ICU; 8 (-1) on ventilators
29,540 more tests completed, with 19,260 awaiting results
1.0% positivity

Ontario is reporting 313 cases of #COVID19 as nearly 30,000 tests were completed. 78% of today's cases are from three regions, with 112 in Toronto, 71 in Peel and 60 in Ottawa. All other PHUs have fewer than 10 new cases, except for York with 13 cases. 15 PHUs have no new cases.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) September 14, 2020