Newmarket (reported Monday, Dec. 28 at 5 p.m.)
- 866 cases of COVID-19
- 7 more cases since Dec. 27
- 758 (+14) cases resolved (88%)
- 80 (-6) active cases
- 28 deaths
- 9 (-2) hospitalized, 0 in ICU
- 3 institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Dec. 23 at Selby Group Home (1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (6 patients, 16 (+4) health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 26 health-care workers)
- 1 school closed
- Canadian Martyrs to Jan. 4
- 2 (+1) school outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Dec. 26 at St. Elizabeth Seton # 2 (5 staff)
- Canadian Martyrs (1 student, 1 staff)
- 4 (-1) school surveillances: Huron Heights #3 (1 student, 1 staff), Rogers #2 (1 student), Alexander Muir (2 students), Bogart (1 student)
- 92 (-4) new cases in last 7 days
- 1,587 tests Dec. 20 to 26: 78 positive (5%), 1,508 negative, 1 indeterminate
The Nitty Gritty
- 340 (+1) cases close contact, or 39%
- 204 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 24%
- 183 (+2) cases community transmission, or 21%
- 74 (+5) cases under investigation, or 9%
- 31 cases travel, or 4%
- 27 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
- 203 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 23%
- 141 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 16%
- 124 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 14%
- 121 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 93 (+2) cases age 80+, or 10%
- 85 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
- 49 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 37 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 4%
- 13 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%
York Region (reported Monday, Dec. 28 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone
- 16,656 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 170 new cases since Dec. 27
- 15,001 (+186) cases resolved (90%)
- 1,396 (-22) active cases
- 4 more deaths, totalling 349
- An 86-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Dec. 24 at Villa Colombo Vaughan Di Poce Centre LTC (Exposure - outbreak at Villa Colombo Vaughan Di Poce Centre)
- A 90-year-old Markham woman passed away Dec. 27 at Chartwell Woodhaven LTC, Markham (Exposure - outbreak at Chartwell Woodhaven)
- An 88-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Dec. 27 at Chartwell Pine Grove LTC, Vaughan (Exposure - outbreak at Chartwell Pine Grove)
- A 90-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away Dec. 26 at at Mackenzie Health, Richmond Hill (Exposure - outbreak at Mackenzie Health)
- 121 (-2) cases are hospitalized, 22 (+0) patients in ICU
- 284 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 34 (+2) active, 2,003 (+11) cases
Recovery Measures
- 1,489 (-77) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 55 new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 1.06 (+0.05) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 41% (+0%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 16,534 total tests Dec. 20 to 26: 1,161 (7%) positive, 15,307 negative, 66 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
- 49 (+1) school outbreaks, 7 (-1) active
- Outbreak declared Dec. 26 at St. Elizabeth Seton # 2, Newmarket (5 staff)
- Outbreaks closed at Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School, St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan
- 345 (+3) schools under surveillance, 61 (-1) active
- 31 (+0) child care outbreaks, 4 (+0) active
- 868 (+16) total school and child care cases
- 633 (+12) student/children cases
- 235 (+4) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 170 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 28 (-1) active
- 20-day outbreak closed Dec. 28 at Vita Community Living, King (2 staff)
The Nitty Gritty
- 8,012 (+27) cases, or 48%, close contact
- 4,245 (+6) cases, or 26%, community transmission
- 1,973 (+17) cases, or 12%, institutional outbreak
- 1,434 (+68) cases under investigation, or 8%
- 318 (+0) cases, or 2% travel
- 571 (+8) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
- 4,269 (+36) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 2,788 (+24) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 2,486 (+23) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 2,285 (+24) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 1,586 (+12) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
- 1,171 (+17) cases age 80+, or 7%
- 995 (+11) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 812 (+19) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 264 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 7,186 (+84) cases, 566 (+3) active
- Markham 4,585 (+36) cases, 341 (-17) active
- Richmond Hill 1,958 (+20) cases, 143 (-4) active
- Newmarket 866 (+7) cases, 80 (-6) active
- King 394 (+8) cases, 38 (+5) active
- Aurora 516 (+2) cases, 36 (+0) active
- East Gwillimbury 309 (+7) cases, 34 (+3) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 432 (+1) cases, 31 (-3) active
- Georgina 344 (+3) cases, 28 (-2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 27, for Dec. 26): No update provided on Dec. 28
- 171, 416 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 2,005 new cases since Dec. 25
- 18 more deaths, totalling 4,377
- 147,178 resolved 85.9% of cases
- 823 (+68) cases are hospitalized; 285 (-1) in ICU; 194 (+7) on ventilators *More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data
- 41,783 more tests completed, with 27,278 awaiting results
- 4.8% (-0.2%) positivity Dec. 24
Cases in schools, child care centres and homes
- 3,552 (+43) cases ages 4 to 8
- 4,933 (+72) cases ages 9 to 13
- 4,807 (+80) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 887 (+8) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 186 (+5) active
- 457 (+3) outbreaks at retirement homes, 98 (-1) active
- 233 (+2) outbreaks at hospitals, 54 (+1) active
- 2,696 (+14) long-term care resident deaths
- 10,577 (+85) cases are long-term care residents
- 12,254 (+131) cases are health-care workers (7.4%)
