Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.)
- 264 cases of COVID-19
- 0 new cases since Sept. 15
- 238 cases resolved (90%)
- 4 active cases
- 22 deaths
- 1 hospitalized
- 2 new cases in last 7 days
- 296 cases per 100,000 population
- 1,138 tests Sept. 6 to 12: 2 positive, 1,134 negative, 2 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 134 cases outbreak, or 51%
- 53 (+1) cases close contact, or 20%
- 46 cases community transmission, or 17%
- 1 cases under investigation, or 2%
- 21 cases travel, or 8%
- 7 cases workplace cluster
- 62 cases age 80+, or 23%
- 42 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
- 42 cases age 65 to 79, or 16%
- 38 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 Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,751 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 35 new cases since Sept. 15
- 3,298 (+16) cases resolved (88%)
- 200 (+19) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 253
- 11 cases are hospitalized; 2 patients in ICU
- 393 health-care workers infected
- 109 (+1) workplace cluster locations, 10 (+1) active, 655 (+4) cases
Recovery Measures
- 155 (+9) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 312 (+2) cases per 100,000 population
- 16 (-2) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 1.29 (-0.04) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 37% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 11,540 total tests Sept. 6 to 12: 122 positive, 11,402 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.
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 0 school outbreaks
- 0 schools closed
- 5 (+2) schools under surveillance*: Sir Wilfred Laurier, J. Addison and Little Rouge, Markham; Blue Willow, Our Lady of Fatima, Woodbridge
- 2 child care centre outbreaks; 0 active
*Schools with a laboratory-confirmed case that was not transmitted within the school
Institutional Outbreaks
- 80 institutional outbreaks; 5 active
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,427 (+8) cases, or 38%, close contact
- 1,009 cases, or 27%, institutional outbreak
- 820 (+11) cases, or 22%, community transmission
- 221 (+1), or 6%, travel
- 151, or 4%, workplace cluster
- 876 (+19) cases age 19 to 34, or 23%
- 616 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
- 623 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 524 cases age 80+, or 14%
- 467 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 12%
- 440 (+3) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 106 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
- 69 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
- 30 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 1,601 (+18) cases, 80 (+15) active
- Markham 857 (+6) cases, 50 (-2) active
- Richmond Hill 453 (+5) cases, 34 (+2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 105 (+2) cases, 9 (+2) active
- East Gwillimbury 83 (+2) cases, 9 (+2) active
- Aurora 158 cases, 7 (-1) active
- King 60 (+2) cases, 5 (+2) active
- Newmarket 264 cases, 4 active
- Georgina 168 cases, 2 active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):
- 45,676 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 293 new cases since Sept. 15
- 3 new deaths, totalling 2,824
- 40,424 resolved 88.5% of cases
- 53 (+9) cases are hospitalized; 21 (+1) in ICU; 12 on ventilators
- 35,134 more tests completed, with 37,624 awaiting results
- 1.2% (-0.1%) positivity
Cases in schools, child care centres and homes
- 62 (+21) school-related cases
- 20 (+5) students; 22 (+4) staff
- 51 (+16) of 4,828 schools with a case (1.06%)
- 1 school closed
- 72 (+20) cases at child care centres and homes
- 34 (+1) children
- 38 (+8) staff
- 12 of 5,010 child care centres with current cases (0.24%)
- 3 child care centres currently closed
Institutional Outbreaks
- 447 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 35 active
- 195 outbreaks at retirement homes, 18 active
- 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 2 active
- 1,824 long-term care resident deaths
- 6,006 cases are long-term care residents
- 6,853 (+15) cases are health-care workers (15.1%)
