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

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 5 p.m.)

1,270 cases of COVID-19
21 more cases since Jan. 18
1,118 (+21) cases resolved (88%)
119 (+0) active cases
1 more death, totalling 33
- An 86-year-old Newmarket man passed away Jan. 14 at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie (Exposure - outbreak at Revera The Renoir retirement home, Newmarket)
9 (-2) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
9 (-1) institutional outbreaks
- 14-day outbreak closed Jan. 19 at Amica Newmarket (1 health-care worker)
- 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 (6 (+1) residents, 9 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Jan. 5 at Brown's Residential Home (1 staff, 1 resident)
- Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (12 (+1) patients, 3 health-care workers)
- 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 residents, 7 staff)
- Outbreak #2 declared Dec. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (10 patients, 21 (+1) health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 31 health-care workers)
106 (+11) new cases in last 7 days
287 tests on Jan. 17, 20 positive (7% positivity); 210 tests on Jan. 18, 10 positive (5% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

471 (+0) cases close contact, or 37%
249 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
237 (+0) cases community transmission, or 19%
230 (+21) cases under investigation, or 18%
34 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
38 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
307 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
216 (+6) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
193 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
165 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
115 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
112 (+1) cases age 80+, or 9%
78 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
64 (+5) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
20 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

York Region (reported Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

23,494 confirmed cases of COVID-19
351 new cases since Jan. 18
21,242 (+256) cases resolved (90%)
1,833 (+90) active cases
2 more deaths, totalling 419
- A 90-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 17 at Etobicoke General Hospital (Exposure - outbreak at Etobicoke General Hospital)
- An 86-year-old Newmarket man passed away Jan. 14 at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie (Exposure - outbreak at Revera The Renoir retirement home, Newmarket)
178 (+1) cases are hospitalized, 23 (+1) patients in ICU
321 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 24 (-3) active, 2,508 (+14) cases

Recovery Measures

1,815 (+121) new cases reported in last 7 days
161 (-6) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
54 (+5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.07 (-0.1) 7-day median reproductive number*
69% (+8%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,875 tests on Jan. 17, 234 positive (8% positivity); 1,844 tests on Jan. 18, 164 positive (9% 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
359 (+2) school surveillances, 7 (+1) active
42 (+1) child care outbreaks, 6 (+1) active
973 (+12) total school and child care cases
689 (+7) student/children cases
284 (+4) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

218 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 58 (+1) active
- Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 19 at Bloomington Cove Care Community LTC, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 19 at Reena Community Residence Lebovic, Vaughan (1 resident)
- Outbreak #4 declared Jan. 19 at Revera Elginwood LTC, Richmond Hill (2 health-care workers)
- 45-day outbreak closed Jan. 18 at Viva Thornhill Woods retirement home, Vaughan (30 residents, 10 staff)
- 11-day outbreak closed Jan. 18 at Christian Horizon community living, Vaughan (1 staff)
- 26-day outbreak closed Jan. 19 at Kingsway Place Retirement Residence, Aurora (9 residents, 8 staff)
- 14-day outbreak closed Jan. 19 at Amica Newmarket retirement home, Newmarket (1 health-care worker)

Nitty Gritty

10,619 (-1) cases, or 45%, close contact
5,497 (+1) cases, or 23%, community transmission
2,499 (+26) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
3,584 (+313) cases under investigation, or 14%
342 (+0) cases, or 1% travel
783 (+8) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
6,107 (+77) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
3,980 (+60) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
3,513 (+69) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,259 (+62) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,154 (+18) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,524 (+21) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,403 (+15) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,174 (+19) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
380 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 9,931 (+137) cases, 746 (+38) active
Markham 6,324 (+91) cases, 442 (+32) active
Richmond Hill 2,936 (+42) cases, 262 (+0) active
Newmarket 1,270 (+21) cases, 119 (+0) active
Aurora 785 (+7) cases, 66 (-5) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 677 (+23) cases, 65 (+14) active
Georgina 509 (+8) cases, 43 (+3) active
King 548 (+10) cases, 38 (+6) active
East Gwillimbury 450 (+7) cases, 31 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, for Jan. 19)

244,932 confirmed cases of COVID-19
2,655 new cases since Jan. 17 (Due to technical issue at Toronto Public Health, numbers are likely underreported)
89 more deaths, totalling 5,568
212,897 resolved 86.9% of cases
1,598 (-28) cases are hospitalized; 395 (-5) in ICU; 296 (+4) on ventilators
54,307 more tests completed, with 48,963 awaiting results
6.8% (+0.2%) positivity Jan. 18

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