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

28 more cases in Newmarket, 164 are active, with one more death; York Region marks a single-day record high of 476 new cases, 8 more deaths, and 2,536 active cases; Ontario reports 3,443 new cases, 40 more deaths, and 5,880 vaccines completed
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Newmarket (reported Friday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,082 cases of COVID-19 
  • 28 more cases since Jan. 7
  • 887 (+8) cases resolved (83%)
  • 164 (+19) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 32
    • An 87-year-old Newmarket woman passed away Jan. 7 at the Renoir Retirement Residence (Exposure - outbreak at Renoir Retirement)
  • 15 (+3) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
  • 9 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak declared Jan. 5 at Amica Newmarket (1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak declared Jan. 5 at Brown's Residential Home (1 staff)
    • Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (5 (+2) patients, 1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak #4 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (2 patients, 1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 30 at The Renoir Retirement Residence (6 residents, 3 (+1) health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #3 declared Dec. 30 at New Leaf - Pines Residence (1 resident, 4 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 28 at Chartwell Alexander Muir Retirement Residence (3 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #2 declared Dec. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (10 patients, 18 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 28 health-care workers)
  • 0 (-1) school outbreaks
    • 12-day outbreak #2 closed Jan. 7 at St. Elizabeth Seton (5 staff)
  • 0 school surveillances
  • 0 (-1) child care outbreaks
    • 7-day outbreak closed Jan. 7 at Learning Jungle Newmarket (2 children, 1 staff)
  • 1 (+1) workplace outbreaks
  • 143 (+0) new cases in last 7 days
  • 1,851 tests Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: 104 positive (6%), 1,743 negative, 4 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

  • 403 (+3) cases close contact, or 38%
  • 222 (+2 ) cases institutional outbreak, or 21%
  • 199 (+1) cases community transmission, or 19%
  • 178 (+19) cases under investigation, or 16%
  • 32 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
  • 39 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
  • 265 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
  • 181 (+4) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 159 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 145 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 104 (+1) cases age 80+, or 10%
  • 101 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 62 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 49 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 16 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

York Region (reported Friday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

  • 20,502 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 476 new cases since Jan. 7 
  • 17,580 (+287) cases resolved (86%)
  • 2,536 (+168) active cases
  • 8 more deaths, totalling 378
    • A 62-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 7 at Maple Health Centre, Vaughan (Exposure -  outbreak at Maple Health)
    • A 91-year-old Aurora woman passed away Jan. 6 at : Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure - outbreak at Kingsway Retirement Residence, Aurora)
    • An 86-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 7 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - outbreak at  Villa Leonardo Gambin LTC, Vaughan)
    • An 86-year-old Richmond Hill woman passed away Jan. 1 at Mackenzie Health hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - local transmission)
    • An 85-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away Jan. 6 at Mackenzie Health hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - outbreak at Mackenzie Health)
    • An 87-year-old Newmarket woman passed away Jan. 7 at the Renoir Retirement Residence (Exposure - outbreak at Renoir Retirement)
    • A 37-year-old Markham man passed away Dec. 30 at a personal residence (Exposure - local transmission)
    • An 84-year-old Markham woman passed away Jan. 5 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - close contact)
  • 145 (+3) cases are hospitalized, 24 (+1) patients in ICU 
  • 311 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 31 (+2) active, 2,277 (+26) cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 2,401 (+165) new cases reported in last 7 days
  • 193 (+5) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 64 (+5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
  • 1.03 (-0.03)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 47% (+4%)  of new cases unknown source of infection
  • 20,169 total tests Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: 2,094 (10%) positive, 18,004 negative, 71 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

  • 54 school outbreaks, 0 (-1) active
  • 351 (+1) school surveillances, 3 (+1) active
  • 35 child care outbreaks, 2 (-2) active
  • 934 (+5) total school and child care cases
  • 674 (+2) student/children cases
  • 260 (+3) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 195 (+4)  institutional outbreaks, 44 (+4) active
    • Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 7 at Cedarvale Lodge Retirement and Care Community, Georgina (1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak #5 declared Jan. 7 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (1 patient)
    • Outbreak #4 declared Jan. 7 at Bethany Lodge LTC home, Markham (2 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 7 at Christian Horizon community living, Vaughan (1 health-care worker)

Nittty Gritty

  • 9,198 (+31) cases, or 46%, close contact
  • 4,802 (+11) cases, or 24%, community transmission
  • 2,207 (+12) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 3,140 (+399) cases under investigation, or 15%
  • 331 (+0) cases, or 2% travel
  • 695 (+10) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
  • 5,330 (+132) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 3,475 (+72) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 3,059 (+125) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 2,807 (+72) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 1,898 (+36) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 1,351 (+24) cases age 80+, or 7%
  • 1,244 (+27) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,022 (+16) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 316 (+9) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 8,654 (+174) cases, 958 (+66) active
  • Markham 5,591 (+116) cases, 643 (+22) active
  • Richmond Hill 2,519 (+70) cases, 362 (+21) active
  • Newmarket 1,082 (+23) cases, 164 (+19) active
  • Aurora 661 (+20) cases, 104 (+10) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 555 (+22) cases, 88 (+15) active
  • Georgina 445 (+22) cases, 72 (+14) active
  • East Gwillimbury 405 (+12) cases, 64 (+9) active
  • King 497 (+8) cases, 50 (-5) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 9, for Jan. 8)

  • 211,837 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 3,443 new cases since Jan. 7 
  • 40 more deaths, totalling 4,922
  • 178,224 resolved 84.1% of cases
  • 1,457 (+11) cases are hospitalized; 382 (+13) in ICU; 244 (-6) on ventilators
  • 72,900 more tests completed, with 61,228 awaiting results
  • 6.2% (+0.1%) positivity Jan. 7

Vaccines

  • 15,700 daily doses administered Jan. 8
  • 103,263 total doses
  • 5,880 completed (2 required doses)

Cases in schools, child care centres and homes

  • 4,418 (+85) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 6,223 (+105) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 6,281 (+141) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,004 (+16) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 240 (+9) active
  • 555 (+11) outbreaks at retirement homes, 148 (+3) active
  • 281 (+8) outbreaks at hospitals, 74 (+2) active
  • 2,969 (+26) long-term care resident deaths
  • 12,073 (+158) cases are long-term care residents 
  • 14,244 cases are health-care workers (6.8%) 

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