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

Newmarket (reported Thursday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m.)

1,301 cases of COVID-19
17 more cases since Jan. 20
1,150 (+24) cases resolved (88%)
118 (-8) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 33
8 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
9 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- 21-day outbreak closed at The Renoir Retirement Residence (6 residents, 3 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #6 declared Jan. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #5 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (13 (+4) health-care workers)
- Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Residential Care Village LTC (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 #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)
100 (-10) new cases in last 7 days
178 tests on Jan. 19, 4 positive (2% positivity); 270 tests on Jan. 29, 15 positive (6% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

569 (+98) cases close contact, or 44%
261 (+8) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
324 (+88) cases community transmission, or 25%
23 (-217) cases under investigation, or 2%
35 (+1) cases travel, or 3%
77 (+37) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
316 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
221 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
197 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
169 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
116 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
112 (+0) cases age 80+, or 9%
82 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
66 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
22 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Thursday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

23,915 confirmed cases of COVID-19
247 new cases since Jan. 20
21,688 (+299) cases resolved (90%)
1,802 (-131) active cases
1 more death, totalling 425
- An 85-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 18 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - outbreak at Markham Stouffville Hospital)
169 (-7) cases are hospitalized, 21 (-1) patients in ICU
324 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 24 (-1) active, 2,567 (+36) cases

Recovery Measures

1,747 (-44) new cases reported in last 7 days
147 (-7) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
53 (+1) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.99 (-0.04) 7-day median reproductive number*
39% (+10%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,664 tests on Jan. 19, 206 positive (8% positivity); 3,222 tests on Jan. 20, 248 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
366 (+1) school surveillances, 12 (+)) active
43 (+0) child care outbreaks, 6 (-1) active
987 (+4) total school and child care cases
692 (+2) student/children cases
295 (+2) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

220 (+2) institutional outbreaks, 58 (+1) active
- 21-day outbreak closed at The Renoir Retirement Residence, Newmarket (6 residents, 2 deaths, 3 health-care workers)
- 29-day outbreak #4 closed at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (16 patients, 8 deaths, 3 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 21 at Langstaff Square Community LTC, Richmond Hill (1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #6 declared Jan. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (2 health-care workers)

Nitty Gritty