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

4 more cases in Newmarket, 1 more school in surveillance; York Region confirms 168 new cases, 1,126 are active; Ontario reports another record-high single day increase of 1,855 cases, while testing — and the lag in results — also soar

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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m.)

522 cases of COVID-19
4 more cases since Nov. 25
449 (+6) cases resolved (86%)
49 (-2) active cases
24 deaths
3 hospitalized, 2 in ICU
2 institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (6 residents, 2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #2 declared Nov. 1 at Southlake Residential Care Village (6 health-care workers)
4 (+1) school surveillances: Clearmeadow, Dr. John M. Denison; Innova Academy; Sir William Mulock #3
0 workplace outbreaks
43 (+3) new cases in last 7 days
585 (+5) cases per 100,000 population
1,362 tests Nov. 15 to 21: 36 positive (3%), 1,322 negative, 4 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

185 (+2) cases close contact, or 35%
151 cases outbreak, or 29%
108 cases community transmission, or 21%
25 (+2) cases under investigation, or 5%
28 cases travel, or 6%
18 cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
113 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 21%
84 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
82 cases age 35 to 44, or 16%
68 cases age 80+, or 13%
66 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 13%
65 cases age 65 to 79, or 12%
23 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 4%
17 cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
4 cases age 0 to 3, or 0%

York Region (reported Thursday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m.) at red control

10,288 confirmed cases of COVID-19
168 new cases since Nov. 25
8,862 (+180) cases resolved (85%)
1,126 (-13) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 300
52 (+2) cases are hospitalized; 9 (-1) patients in ICU
213 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 18 (-1) active, 1,303 (+11) cases

Recovery Measures

1,041 (-10) new cases reported in last 7 days
964 (+16) cases per 100,000 population
136 (-1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
1.12 (-0.03) 7-day median reproductive number*
35% of new cases unknown source of infection
17,512 total tests Nov. 15 to 21: 1,036 (6%) positive, 16,409 negative, 67 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