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

10 new cases in Newmarket, 3rd highest single-day increase since April; 105 more cases in York Region, 653 cases in last 7 days; single-day increase tops 1,000 for first time, with Ontario reporting 1,042 new cases

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Newmarket (reported Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.)

362 cases of COVID-19
10 new cases since Oct. 23
313 (+4) cases resolved (88%)
27 (+6) active cases
22 deaths
2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU
1 (-1) institutional outbreak: outbreak #2 at Vita Community Living (3 residents, 7 staff)
- 23-day outbreak #2 closed Oct. 24 at Mackenzie Place LTC (2 health-care workers)
4 schools under surveillance: Newmarket High; Huron Heights Secondary, Terry Fox P.S., Sir William Mulock Secondary
25 (+9) new cases in last 7 days
406 (+10) cases per 100,000 population
1,089 tests Oct. 11 to 17: 14 positive (1%), 1,072 negative, 3 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

136 cases outbreak, or 39%
96 (+1) cases close contact, or 27%
73 (+6) cases community transmission, or 20%
13 cases under investigation, or 5%
24 cases travel, or 7%
11 cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
73 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 20%
62 cases age 80+, or 18%
57 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
54 cases age 35 to 44, or 15%
49 cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
47 (+4) cases age 45 to 54, or 12%
10 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
9 cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%

York Region (reported Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.)

6,116 confirmed cases of COVID-19
105 new cases since Oct. 23
5,069 (+89) cases resolved (83%)
780 (+15) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 267
43 (+1) cases are hospitalized; 6 patients in ICU
168 (-1) workplace outbreaks, 17 (-3) active, 882 (-4) cases

Recovery Measures

653 (+12) new cases reported in last 7 days
570 (+10) cases per 100,000 population
87 (+4) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
1.13 (+0.09) 7-day median reproductive number*
34% of new cases unknown source of infection
13,542 total tests Oct. 11 to 17: 573 (4%) positive, 12,947 negative, 22 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 school cases to date
77 schools under surveillance, 47 active
5 active child care centre outbreaks
14 (+2) child care cases to date

Institutional Outbreaks

110 (+1) institutional outbreaks; 22 active
- Outbreak #2 declared Oct. 23 at Villa Da Vinci Retirement Residence, Vaughan (1 resident, 1 health-care worker)
- 23-day outbreak #2 closed Oct. 24 at Mackenzie Place LTC (2 health-care workers)

The Nitty Gritty