Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m.)
- 379 cases of COVID-19
- 4 new cases since Oct. 27
- 320 (+3) cases resolved (86%)
- 37 active cases
- 22 deaths
- 2 hospitalized, 1 in ICU
- 1 institutional outbreak: #2 at Vita Community Living (3 residents, 7 staff)
- 1 workplace outbreak
- 3 (-1) schools under surveillance: Newmarket High; Huron Heights Secondary, Sir William Mulock Secondary
- 32 (-2) new cases in last 7 days
- 425 (+3) cases per 100,000 population
- 1,238 tests Oct. 18 to 24: 32 positive (3%), 1,206 negative, 0 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 137 cases outbreak, or 36%
- 106 (+3) cases close contact, or 28%
- 78 (+2) cases community transmission, or 21%
- 16 cases under investigation, or 4%
- 24 cases travel, or 6%
- 12 cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
- 79 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 21%
- 62 (-1) cases age 80+, or 16%
- 62 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
- 58 cases age 35 to 44, or 15%
- 50 cases age 65 to 79, or 14%
- 47 cases age 45 to 54, or 12%
- 10 (-1) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
- 10 cases age 4 to 13, or 3%
- 1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%
York Region (reported Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m.)
- 6,546 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 96 new cases since Oct. 27
- 5,399 (+63) cases resolved (83%)
- 879 (+31) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 268
- 47 (+1) cases are hospitalized; 6 patients in ICU
- 174 workplace outbreaks, 19 (-1) active, 922 (+5) cases
Recovery Measures
- 732 (-9) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 611 (+8) cases per 100,000 population
- 89 (+4) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
- 1.23 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 36% of new cases unknown source of infection
- 15,866 total tests Oct. 18 to 24: 696 (4%) positive, 15,132 negative, 38 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
- 0 (-1) schools closed
- 136 (+4) school cases to date
- 92 (+2) schools under surveillance, 49 (-7) active
- 9 (+1) active child care centre outbreaks
- 21 (+2) child care cases to date
Institutional Outbreaks
- 112 institutional outbreaks; 20 (-1) active
- Outbreak closed Oct. 28 at Vita Community Living, Vaughan
The Nitty Gritty
- 2,938 (+52) cases, or 45%, close contact
- 1,624 (+27) cases, or 25%, community transmission
- 1,147 (+6) cases, or 18%, institutional outbreak
- 243 cases under investigation, or 4%
- 254 cases, or 4%, travel
- 256 (+1) cases, or 4%, workplace outbreak
- 1,737 (+30) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
- 1,066 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 1,022 (+11) cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
- 812 (+15) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
- 670 (+5) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
- 651 (+8) cases age 80+, or 10%
- 256 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 4%
- 249 (+10) cases age 4 to 13, or 4%
- 83 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 2,835 (+37) cases, 381(+7) active
- Markham 1,550 (+19) cases, 244 active
- Richmond Hill 821 (+17) cases, 107 (+16) active
- Newmarket 379 (+4) cases, 37 active
- King 160 (+3) cases, 29 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 191 (+6) cases, 26 (+5) active
- Aurora 253 (+6) cases, 24 (+4) active
- East Gwillimbury 148 (+2) cases, 21 active
- Georgina 191 (+2) cases, 7 (+2) active
Ontario (reported today at 10:30 a.m.):
- 73,819 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 934 new cases since Oct. 27
- 10 more deaths, totalling 3,118
- 63,123 resolved 85.5% of cases
- 322 (+10) cases are hospitalized; 77 (+6) in ICU; 52 (+1) on ventilators
- 35,621 more tests completed, with 40,074 awaiting results
- 2.9% (-0.1%) positivity Oct. 28
Cases in schools, child care centres and homes
- Full daily report here
Institutional Outbreaks
- 552 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 79 (-4) active
- 266 (+3) outbreaks at retirement homes, 53 (+2) active
- 127 (+2) outbreaks at hospitals, 21 (+2) active
- 2,001 (+5) long-term care resident deaths
- 6,765 (+28) cases are long-term care residents
- 7,383 (+100) cases are health-care workers (10.7%)
