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

Newmarket holds at 348 cases, 15 cases in last 7 days; York Region reports 79 more cases, tallying 620 new cases in last 7 days; Ontario adds 826 more cases, 9 more deaths

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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.)

348 cases of COVID-19
0 new cases since Oct. 21
304 (+1) cases resolved (87%)
22 (-1) active cases
22 deaths
2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU
2 institutional outbreaks: outbreak #2 at Mackenzie Place LTC (2 health-care workers); outbreak #2 at Vita Community Living (3 residents, 7 staff)
4 schools under surveillance: Newmarket High; Huron Heights Secondary, Terry Fox P.S., Sir William Mulock Secondary
15 (-3) new cases in last 7 days
390 cases per 100,000 population
1,085 tests Oct. 11 to 17: 14 positive (1%), 1,068 negative, 3 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

136 cases outbreak, or 39%
94 (+1) cases close contact, or 27%
67 (+2) cases community transmission, or 19%
10 cases under investigation, or 5%
24 cases travel, or 7%
11 cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
68 cases age 19 to 34, 20%
62 cases age 80+, or 18%
54 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
54 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 16%
49 cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
43 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 12%
9 cases age 4 to 13, or 3%
8 cases age 14 to 18, or 2%
1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%

York Region (reported Thursday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.)

5,895 confirmed cases of COVID-19
79 new cases since Oct. 21
4,896 (+50) cases resolved (83%)
732 (+31) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 267
41 cases are hospitalized; 6 patients in ICU
169 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 22 (+1) active, 881 (+10) cases

Recovery Measures

620 (+13) new cases reported in last 7 days
550 (+7) cases per 100,000 population
78 new community cases daily average in last 7 days
0.98 (+0.03) 7-day median reproductive number*
34% of new cases unknown source of infection
13,039 total tests Oct. 11 to 17: 551 (4%) positive, 12,467 negative, 21 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

Full daily report here
4 school outbreaks
2 schools closed
108 (+9) school cases to date
77 (+9) schools under surveillance, 49 (+9) active
5 active child care centre outbreaks
12 child care cases to date

Institutional Outbreaks

108 institutional outbreaks; 22 (-1) active
- 23-day outbreak #2 resolved Oct. 22 at Mackenzie Health hospital, Richmond Hill (5 patient deaths, 10 patient cases, 9 health-care worker cases)

The Nitty Gritty