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

Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m.)

1,285 cases of COVID-19
15 more cases since Jan. 19
1,126 (+8) cases resolved (88%)
126 (+7) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 33
8 (-1) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
9 (-1) 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 (6 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 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 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 31 health-care workers)
110 (+4) new cases in last 7 days
2210 tests on Jan. 18, 10 positive (5% positivity); 178 tests on Jan. 19, 4 positive (2% positivity);

The Nitty Gritty

471 (+0) cases close contact, or 37%
253 (+4) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
236 (-1) cases community transmission, or 19%
240 (+10) cases under investigation, or 19%
34 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
40 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
312 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
220 (+4) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
196 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
168 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
115 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
112 (+0) cases age 80+, or 9%
81 (+3) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
64 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
21 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

23,746 confirmed cases of COVID-19
258 new cases since Jan. 19
21,389 (+147) cases resolved (90%)
1,933 (+100) active cases
5 more deaths, totalling 424
- An 87-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 9 at Etobicoke General Hospital (Exposure - outbreak at Casa Dolce Case retirement home. Vaughan)
- A 97-year-old Markham woman passed away Jan. 18 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - close contact)
- A 75-year-old Aurora man passed away Jan. 16 at Willows Estate LTC, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
- A 94-year-old Aurora woman passed away Jan. 19 at Willows Estate LTC, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
- A 78-year-old Aurora woman passed away Jan. 19 at Willows Estate LTC, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
176 (-2) cases are hospitalized, 22 (-1) patients in ICU
323 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 25 (+1) active, 2,531 (+23) cases

Recovery Measures

1,791 (-24) new cases reported in last 7 days
154 (-7) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
52 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.03 (-0.04) 7-day median reproductive number*
79% (+10%) of new cases unknown source of infection
1,844 tests on Jan. 18, 164 positive (9% positivity); 2,664 tests on Jan. 19, 206 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
365 (+6) school surveillances, 12 (+5) active
43 (+1) child care outbreaks, 7 (+1) active
983 (+10) total school and child care cases
690 (+1) student/children cases
293 (+9) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

220 (+2) institutional outbreaks, 58 (+1) active
- Outbreak declared Jan. 20 at Community Living Central York, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
- 32-day outbreak closed Jan. 20 at Revera Glynwood retirement home, Markham (2 residents, 4 staff)
- 12-day outbreak #2 closed Jan. 20 at Cedarvale Lodge Retirement and Care Community, Georgina (1 staff)

Nitty Gritty

10,631 (+12) cases, or 45%, close contact
5,495 (-2) cases, or 23%, community transmission
2,511 (+12) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
3,826 (+242) cases, or 16%, under investigation
342 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
771 (-12) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
6,165 (+58) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,033 (+53) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
3,553 (+40) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,297 (+38) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,179 (+25) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,531 (+7) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,415 (+12) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,186 (+12) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
387 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 10,034 (+106) cases, 781 (+35) active
Markham 6,390 (+68) cases, 468 (+26) active
Richmond Hill 2,974 (+39) cases, 281 (+19) active
Newmarket 1,285 (+15) cases, 126 (+7) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 686 (+9) cases, 82 (+17) active
Aurora 792 (+6) cases, 70 (+4) active
Georgina 511 (+3) cases, 44 (+1) active
King 553 (+6) cases, 43 (+5) active
East Gwillimbury 455 (+4) cases, 30 (-1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 21, for Jan. 20)

247,564 confirmed cases of COVID-19
2,632 new cases since Jan. 19 (includes 102 cases previously not reported due to technical issue at Toronto Public Health)
46 more deaths, totalling 5,614
215,887 resolved 87.2% of cases
1,533 (-65) cases are hospitalized; 388 (-7) in ICU; 293 (-3) on ventilators
70,256 more tests completed, with 52,871 awaiting results
4.9% (+1.9%) positivity Jan. 19

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