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

Newmarket (reported Thursday, Jan. 14 at 5 p.m.)

1,206 cases of COVID-19
27 more cases since Jan. 13
1,006 (+27) cases resolved (81%)
168 (+0) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 32
15 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
11 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #5 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (9 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 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 (2 (+1) residents, 5 (+1) 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, 31 (+2) health-care workers)
1 (+0) workplace outbreaks
163 (+3) new cases in last 7 days
213 tests Jan. 12, 9 positive (4% positivity); 356 tests Jan. 13, 28 positive (8% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

401 (+0) cases close contact, or 33%
234 (+4) cases institutional outbreak, or 19%
199 (+0) cases community transmission, or 17%
292 (+23) cases under investigation, or 17%
32 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
39 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
296 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
205 (+5) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
178 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
159 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
109 (+2) cases age 80+, or 10%
110 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
75 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
56 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
18 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

York Region (reported Thursday, Jan. 14 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

22,255 confirmed cases of COVID-19
273 new cases since Jan. 13
19,704 (+405) cases resolved (87%)
2,145 (-142) active cases
3 more deaths, totalling 407
- An 86-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 12 at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie (Exposure - local transmission)
- An 86-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away Jan. 12 at Mackenzie Health hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - outbreak at Mackenzie Health)
- An 86-year-old Richmond Hill woman passed away Jan. 12 at Mon Sheong LTC home, Richmond Hill (Exposure - outbreak at Mon Sheong)
173 (+9) cases are hospitalized, 21 (+0) patients in ICU
318 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 28 (-2) active, 2,341 (+82) cases

Recovery Measures

2,268 (-109) new cases reported in last 7 days
201 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
58 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.13 (+0.1) 7-day median reproductive number*
91% (+6%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,713 tests Jan. 12, 214 positive (8% positivity); 4,182 tests Jan. 13, 353 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
355 (+1) school surveillances, 6 (+0) active
37 (+0) child care outbreaks, 4 (+0) active
948 (+1) total school and child care cases
675 (+0) student/children cases
273 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

207 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 54 (-1) active
- Outbreak closed Jan. 12 at Four Elms Retirement Residence, Vaughan

Nitty Gritty

9,220 (-20) cases, or 41%, close contact
4,818 (-4) cases, or 22%, community transmission
2,330 (+9) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
4,681 (+628) cases under investigation, or 21%
331 (-1) cases, or 1% travel
745 (+30) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
5,803 (+140) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
3,756 (+107) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
3,304 (+71) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,079 (+85) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,055 (+46) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,447 (+27) cases age 80+, or 7%
1,353 (+29) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,107 (+16) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
353 (+14) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 9,394 (+99) cases, 836 (-71) active
Markham 6,010 (+72) cases, 500 (-30) active
Richmond Hill 2,784 (+45) cases, 313 (-18) active
Newmarket 1,206 (+27) cases, 168 (+0) active
Aurora 747 (+10) cases, 110 (+3) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 623 (+7) cases, 80 (-11) active
Georgina 477 (+4) cases, 51 (-7) active
East Gwillimbury 431 (+3) cases, 38 (-9) active
King 550 (+6) cases, 33 (+3) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 15, for Jan. 14)

231,308 confirmed cases of COVID-19
2,998 new cases since Jan. 13
100 more deaths, totalling 5,289 (includes 46 deaths in Middlesex-London that occurred earlier in the pandemic)
197,194 resolved 85.3% of cases
1,647 (-10) cases are hospitalized; 387 (-1) in ICU; 280 (+0) on ventilators
76,472 more tests completed, with 63,728 awaiting results
5.1% (+0.9%) positivity Jan. 13

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