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

Newmarket has 810 cases, an increase of 18. York region has 278 new cases, and one death as the result of close contact exposure. Ontario has 2,447 new cases and 49 more deaths.

Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 5 p.m.)

810 cases of COVID-19
18 more cases since Dec. 22
697 (+4) cases resolved (86%)
85 (+13) active cases
28 deaths
9 (+1) hospitalized, 1 in ICU
3 institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Dec. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients, 3 (+2) health-care worker)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 14 at Belinda's Place emergency shelter and transitional housing (1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 25 health-care workers)
1 school closed
- Canadian Martyrs to Jan. 4
1 school outbreaks
- Canadian Martyrs (1 student, 1 staff)
4 school surveillances: Rogers #2, Alexander Muir, Bogart, Clearmeadow #2
95 (+10) new cases in last 7 days
2,004 tests Dec. 13 to 19: 67 positive (3%), 1,936 negative, 1 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

310 (+10) cases close contact, or 38%
198 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 25%
175 (+1) cases community transmission, or 22%
64 (+6) cases under investigation, or 8%
31 cases travel, or 4%
25 cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
184 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 23%
133 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 16%
117 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
117 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
82 (-7) cases age 80+, or 10%
82 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
43 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 5%
33 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 4%
12 cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

15,646 confirmed cases of COVID-19
278 new cases since Dec. 22
13,799 (+77) cases resolved (88.1%)
1,509 (+191) active cases
1 more deaths, totalling 338
- A 62-year-old Markham man passed away Dec. 18 at Stouffville (Close contact exposure )
111 (+6) cases are hospitalized, 22 (-1) patients in ICU
276 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 36 (+1) active, 2,160 (+156) cases

Recovery Measures

1,708 (+68) new cases reported in last 7 days
0.97 (+0.02) 7-day median reproductive number*
38% (+1%) of new cases unknown source of infection
23,908 total tests Dec. 13 to 19: 1,384 (6%) positive, 22,437 negative, 87 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