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

11 more cases in Newmarket, more Southlake oubreak cases; York Region reports 283 more cases, 4 more deaths, unknown source of infection jumps to 85% of new cases; Ontario confirms 3,326 new cases, 62 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,179 cases of COVID-19 
  • 11 more cases since Jan. 12
  • 979 (+26) cases resolved (81%)
  • 168 (-17) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 32
  • 15 (+1) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
  • 11 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #5 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (9 (+2) health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Residential Care Village LTC, Newmarket (4 residents, 8 health-care workers)
    • 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 (6 (+1) patients, 1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak #4 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients, 1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 30 at The Renoir Retirement Residence (6 residents, 3 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, 20 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 29 health-care workers)
  • 1 (+0) workplace outbreaks
  • 160 (-11) new cases in last 7 days
  • 404 tests Jan. 11, 22 positive (5% positivity); 213 tests Jan. 12, 9 positive (4% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

  • 401 (-2) cases close contact, or 34%
  • 230 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 19%
  • 199 (+0) cases community transmission, or 17%
  • 269 (+7) cases under investigation, or 22%
  • 32 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
  • 39 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 4%
  • 287 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
  • 200 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 173 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 157 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 107 (+0) cases age 80+, or 10%
  • 110 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
  • 73 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 55 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 17 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

York Region (reported Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

  • 21,989 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 283 new cases since Jan. 12 
  • 19,299 (+431) cases resolved (87%)
  • 2,287 (-166) active cases
  • 4 more deaths, totalling 403
    • A 90-year-old Aurora woman passed away Jan. 11 at Willows Estate LTC home, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
    • A 77-year-old Aurora man passed away Jan. 10 at Willows Estate LTC home, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
    • A 76-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 12 at Toronto General Hospital (Exposure - outbreak at Toronto General Hospital)
    • A 69-year-old Georgina man passed away Jan. 10 at  Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket  (Exposure - local transmission)
  • 164 (+3) cases are hospitalized, 21 (-1) patients in ICU 
  • 317 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 30 (-4) active, 2,341 (+2) cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 2,377 (+19) new cases reported in last 7 days
  • 201 (+1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 60 (+0) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
  • 1.12 (+0.0)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 85% (+8%) of new cases unknown source of infection
  • 2,594 tests Jan. 11, 211 positive (8% positivity); 2,713 tests Jan. 12, 214 positive (8% positivity)

*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

  • 55 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
  • 354 (+0) school surveillances, 6 (+0) active
  • 37 (+) child care outbreaks, 4 (+0) active
  • 947 (+1) total school and child care cases
  • 675 (+0) student/children cases
  • 272 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 207 (+3)  institutional outbreaks, 55 (+3) active
    • Outbreak #7 declared Jan. 12 at Mackenzie Health hospital, Richmond Hill (6 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #4 declared Jan. 12 at Woodbridge Vista Care Community (1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 12 at Parkview Home LTC home, Whitchurch-Stouffville (7 health-care workers)

Nittty Gritty

  • 9,240 (-1) cases, or 43%, close contact
  • 4,822 (+2) cases, or 23%, community transmission
  • 2,291 (+28) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 4,190 (+184) cases under investigation, or 19%
  • 332 (+0) cases, or 2% travel
  • 715 (+4) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
  • 5,663 (+54) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 3,658 (+38) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 3,233 (+25) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 2,994 (+33) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 2,009 (+21) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 1,420 (+12) cases age 80+, or 7%
  • 1,313 (+13) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,091 (+14) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 339 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 9,294 (+148) cases, 907 (-23) active
  • Markham 5,942 (+29) cases, 530 (-85) active
  • Richmond Hill 2,741 (+54) cases, 331 (-5) active
  • Newmarket 1,179 (+11) cases, 168 (-17) active
  • Aurora 737 (+20) cases, 107 (+3) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 616 (+8) cases, 91 (-9) active
  • Georgina 474 (+7) cases, 58 (-9) active
  • East Gwillimbury 428 (+2) cases, 47 (-9) active
  • King 514 (+4) cases, 30 (-9) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, for Jan. 13)

  • 228,310 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 3,326 new cases since Jan. 11 
  • 62 more deaths, totalling 5,189
  • 193,814 resolved 84.9% of cases
  • 1,657 (-17) cases are hospitalized; 388 (+3) in ICU; 280 (+4) on ventilators
  • 71,169 more tests completed, with 66,940 awaiting results
  • 5.1% (+0.9%) positivity Jan. 13

Vaccines

  • 14,237 daily doses administered Jan. 13
  • 159,021 total doses
  • 13,293 completed (2 required doses)

Cases in schools, child care centres and homes

  • 4,787 (+62) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 6,715 (+86) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 6,929 (+114) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,053 (+7) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 259 (+2) active
  • 587 (+4) outbreaks at retirement homes, 163 (-1) active
  • 305 (+4) outbreaks at hospitals, 89 (+4) active
  • 3,092 (+29) long-term care resident deaths
  • 12,869 (+143) cases are long-term care residents 
  • 15,292 cases are health-care workers (6.7%) 

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