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

Newmarket has seven more cases and 14 fewer active cases as of Jan. 15. York Region has 197 new cases and 142 fewer active cases, but also four more deaths. There were 51 more deaths across Ontario.
2021-01-16 Newmarket Assessment Centre AHS-1
The Newmarket COVID-19 Assessment Centre on David Drive.

Newmarket (reported Friday, Jan. 15 at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,206 cases of COVID-19 
  • 7 more cases since Jan. 14
  • 1,024 (+18) cases resolved (85%)
  • 154 (-14) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 32
  • 12 (-3) 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
  • 143 (-20) new cases in last 7 days
  • 86 tests on Jan. 14, 8 positive (8% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

  • 402 (+1) cases close contact, or 33%
  • 241 (+7) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
  • 202 (+3) cases community transmission, or 17%
  • 284 (-8) cases under investigation, or 23%
  • 33 (+1) cases travel, or 3%
  • 39 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
  • 296 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
  • 205 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 179 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 159 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 110 (+1) cases age 80+, or 9%
  • 110 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
  • 75 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 57 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 18 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

York Region (reported Friday, Jan. 15 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

  • 22,439 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 197 new cases since Jan. 14
  • 19,934 (+230) cases resolved (89%)
  • 2,145 (-142) active cases
  • 4 more deaths, totalling 410
    • A 93-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 13 at Maple Health Centre, Vaughan (Exposure - institutional outbreak at Maple Health Centre)
    • An 87-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 10 at Markham Stouffville Hosptial, Markham (Exposure - unknown)
    • An 89-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 9 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill  (Exposure - institutional outbreak at Mackenzie Health Hospital)
    • An 80-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 12 at MStouffville Hosptial, Markham  (Exposure - institutional outbreak at Mackenzie Health Hospital)
  • 166 (-7) cases are hospitalized, 21 (+0) patients in ICU 
  • 319 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 28 (+0) active, 2,435 (+104) cases 

Recovery Measures

*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
  • 356 (+1) school surveillances, 6 (+0) active
  • 37 (+0) child care outbreaks, 4 (+0) active
  • 949 (+1) total school and child care cases
  • 675 (+0) student/children cases
  • 273 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 211 (+4)  institutional outbreaks, 57 (+3) active

Nitty Gritty

  • 9,428 (+208) cases, or 42%, close contact
  • 4,925 (+107) cases, or 22%, community transmission
  • 2,374 (+44) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 4,681 (-184) cases under investigation, or 20%
  • 335 (+4) cases, or 1% travel
  • 749 (+4) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
  • 5,848 (+45) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 3,797 (+41) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 3,335 (+31) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 3,105 (+26) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 2,075 (+20) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 1,459 (+12) cases age 80+, or 7%
  • 1,351 (-2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,111 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 358 (+5) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 9,486 (+93) cases, 823 (-13) active
  • Markham 6,054 (+48) cases, 491 (-9) active
  • Richmond Hill 2,801 (+20) cases, 306 (-7) active
  • Newmarket 1,210 (+7) cases, 154 (-14) active
  • Aurora 754 (+7) cases, 107 (-3) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 631 (+8) cases, 80 (+0) active
  • Georgina 483 (+5) cases, 53 (+2) active
  • East Gwillimbury 435 (+4) cases, 36 (-2) active
  • King 524 (+4) cases, 32 (-1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 16, for Jan. 15)

  • 234,364 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 3,056 new cases since Jan. 14 
  • 51 more deaths, totalling 5,340 
  • 200,406 resolved 85.5% of cases
  • 1,632 (-15) cases are hospitalized; 397 (+10) in ICU; 281 (+1) on ventilators
  • 73,875 more tests completed, with 50,387 awaiting results
  • 4.6% (+0.5%) positivity Jan. 15

Vaccines

  • 14,460 daily doses administered Jan. 15
  • 189,090 total doses
  • 19,333 completed (2 required doses)

Cases in children, youth

  • 4,921 (+73) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 6,890 (+84) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 7,160 (+110) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,064 (+5) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 250 (+0) active
  • 599 (+7) outbreaks at retirement homes, 168 (+5) active
  • 312 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 92 (-1) active
  • 3,162 (+25) long-term care resident deaths
  • 13,104 (+90) cases are long-term care residents 
  • 15,493 cases are health-care workers (6.7%)