Editor's Note, Sept. 23, 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 Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m.)
- 264 cases of COVID-19
- 1 less case since Sept. 14 (data requalification)
- 238 cases resolved (90%)
- 4 (-1) active cases
- 22 deaths
- 1 hospitalized
- 2 new cases in last 7 days
- 296 (-1) cases per 100,000 population
- 912 tests Sept. 6 to 12: 1 positive, 910 negative, 1 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 134 cases outbreak, or 51%
- 52 cases close contact, or 20%
- 46 cases community transmission, or 17%
- 2 cases under investigation, or 2%
- 21 cases travel, or 8%
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 (-1) cases age 80+, or 23%
- 42 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
- 42 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 16%
- 38 (-1) cases age 19 to 34, 14%
- 38 cases age 35 to 44, or 14%
- 29 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 Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,716 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 37 new cases since Sept. 14
- 3,282 (+15) cases resolved (89%)
- 181 (+19) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 253
- 11 cases are hospitalized; 2 patients in ICU
- 393 health-care workers infected
- 108 workplace cluster locations, 9 (-1) active, 651 cases
Recovery Measures
- 146 (+26) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 310 (+3) cases per 100,000 population
- 18 (+1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 1.33 (+0.03) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 31% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 10,450 total tests Sept. 6 to 12: 105 positive, 10,333 negative, 12 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 school outbreaks
- 0 schools closed
- 3 schools under surveillance*: J. Addison and Little Rouge, Markham; Our Lady of Fatima, Woodbridge
- 1 child care centre: St. Veronica Children's Centre, Woodbridge
*Schools with a laboratory-confirmed case that was not transmitted within the school
Institutional Outbreaks
- 80 (+1) institutional outbreaks; 5 (+1) active
- Outbreak #2 declared Sept. 15 at Sherwood Court Long-term Care Centre, Vaughan
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,419 (+8) cases, or 38%, close contact
- 1,009 (+1) cases, or 27%, institutional outbreak
- 809 (+5) cases, or 22%, community transmission
- 220 (+1), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 4%, workplace cluster
- 857 (+16) cases age 19 to 34, or 23%
- 614 (-4) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 620 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 524 (+1) cases age 80+, or 14%
- 465 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
- 437 (+3) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 103 (+7) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
- 68 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
- 28 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,582 (+12) cases, 65 (+7) active
- Markham 851 (+11) cases, 52 (+3) active
- Richmond Hill 448 (+6) cases, 32 (+4) active
- Aurora 158 (+1) cases, 8 (+1) active
- Newmarket 264 (-1) cases, 4 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 103 (+2) cases, 7 (+2) active
- East Gwillimbury 81 (+3) cases, 7 (+3) active
- King 58 cases, 3 (+1) active
- Georgina 168 (+1) cases, 2 (+1) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 45,383 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 315 new cases since Sept. 14
- 2 new deaths, totalling 2,822
- 40,245 resolved 88.7% of cases
- 44 (-3) cases are hospitalized; 20 (+1) in ICU; 12 (+1) on ventilators
- 28,761 more tests completed, with 28,346 awaiting results
- 1.3% (+0.3%) positivity
Cases in schools, child care centres and homes
- 41 (+12) school-related cases
- 15 (+6) students; 18 (+4) staff
- 35 (+8) of 4,828 schools with a case (0.72%)
- 0 schools closed
- 52 (+4) cases at child care centres and homes
- 33 children
- 30 (+2) staff
- 14 of 4,967 child care centres with current cases (0.28%)
- 5 (+1) child care centres currently closed
Institutional Outbreaks
- 446 (+4) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 35 (+3) active
- 195 outbreaks at retirement homes, 18 active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 2 active
- 1,824 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
- 6,006 (+23) cases are long-term care residents
- 6,838 (+15) cases are health-care workers (15.2%)
