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

8 more cases in Newmarket, active cases drop below 100 for first time in weeks; York Region confirms 234 new cases, another local transmission death, as incidence, Rt rates continue to drop; Ontario reports 2,417 new cases, another 50 deaths, with declines in testing, vaccine doses administered
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Newmarket (reported Saturday, Jan. 23 at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,315 cases of COVID-19 
  • 8 more cases since Jan. 22
  • 1,187 (+13) cases resolved (90%)
  • 95 (-7) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 33
  • 8 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
  • 9 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 22 at The Renoir Retirement Residence (1 staff)
    • Outbreak #6 declared Jan. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (1 patient, 2 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #5 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (13 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Residential Care Village LTC (6 residents, 9 health-care workers)
    • 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)
  • 95 (-6) new cases in last 7 days
  • 291 tests on Jan. 21, 19 positive (7% positivity); 126 tests on Jan. 22, 4 positive (3% positivity) 

The Nitty Gritty

  • 578 (+3) cases close contact, or 44%
  • 263 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
  • 328 (+2) cases community transmission, or 25%
  • 14 (-3) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 35 (+1) cases travel, or 3%
  • 85 (+3) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
  • 319 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
  • 223 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 201 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 171 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 117 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 112 (+0) cases age 80+, or 9%
  • 82 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 68 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 22 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Saturday, Jan. 23 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

  • 24,345 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 234 new cases since Jan. 22
  • 22,252 (+239) cases resolved (91%)
  • 1,659 (-24) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 434
    • An 87-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 19 at Humber River Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - local transmission)
  • 176 (+3) cases are hospitalized, 21 (+1) patients in ICU 
  • 326 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 23 (-1) active, 2,575 (+4) cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 1,686 (-86) new cases reported in last 7 days
  • 144 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 58 (-3) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
  • 0.91 (-0.05)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 38% (+0%) of new cases unknown source of infection
  • 3,479 tests on Jan. 21, 254 positive (7% positivity); 800 tests on Jan. 22, 40 positive (5% 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
  • 368 (+1) school surveillances, 12 (-1) active
  • 44 (+1) child care outbreaks, 6 (+1) active
  • 997 (+7) total school and child care cases
  • 695 (+1) student/children cases
  • 301 (+6) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 228 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 58 (+1) active
    • 16-day outbreak #6 closed Jan. 22 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (8 health-care workers)
    • 25-day outbreak #4 closed Jan. 23 at Yee Hong Markham LTC, Markham (1 resident, 2 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 22 at New Leaf Aspen Residence community living, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Jan. 22 at New Leaf Birch Residence community living, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
    • Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 22 at Community Living York South, Richmond Hill (2 staff)

Nitty Gritty

  • 12,404 (+100) cases, or 51%, close contact
  • 7,216 (+74) cases, or 30%, community transmission
  • 2,617 (+38) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 327 (-35) cases, or 2%, under investigation
  • 366 (+1) cases, or 2%, travel
  • 1,233 (+39) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
  • 6,315 (+57) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 4,135 (+43) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 3,655 (+34) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 3,377 (+34) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 2,243 (+17) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 1,554 (+9) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 1,453 (+9) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,218 (+12) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 395 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 10,295 (+100) cases, 706 (+9) active
  • Markham 6,471 (+47) cases, 381 (-18) active
  • Richmond Hill 3,082 (+50) cases, 256 (+7) active
  • Newmarket 1,315 (+8) cases, 95 (-7) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 695 (+0) cases, 58 (-12) active
  • Aurora 809 (+6) cases, 54 (-1) active
  • East Gwillimbury 478 (+11) cases, 39 (+5) active
  • Georgina 532 (+9) cases, 38 (-2) active
  • King 560 (+3) cases, 27 (-7) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, for Jan. 23)

  • 255,002 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 2,417 new cases since Jan. 22 
  • 50 more deaths, totalling 5,803 
  • 225,046 resolved 88.3% of cases
  • 1,436 (-65) cases are hospitalized; 392 (-3) in ICU; 301 (+2) on ventilators (About 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
  • 48,947 more tests completed, with 23,995 awaiting results
  • 3.3% (-1.0%) positivity Jan. 21 (update N/A)

Vaccines

  • 4,427 daily doses administered Jan. 23
  • 280,573 total doses
  • 62,881 completed (2 required doses)

Cases in children, youth

  • 5,341 (+38) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 7,457 (+77) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 7,797 (+65) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,121 (+5) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 242 (+0) active
  • 646 (+8) outbreaks at retirement homes, 161 (+4) active
  • 345 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 101 (-1) active
  • 3,400 (+25) long-term care resident deaths
  • 13,996 (+141) cases are long-term care residents 

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Debora Kelly is the editor for AuroraToday and NewmarketToday. She is an award-winning journalist and communications professional who is passionate about building strong communities through engagement, advocacy and partnership.
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