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

Newmarket (reported Sunday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.)

1,331 cases of COVID-19
16 more cases since Jan. 23
1,198 (+11) cases resolved (90%)
100 (+5) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 33
10 (+2) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
10 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Jan. 23 at Chartwell Barton Retirement Residence (2 staff)
- 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 (7 (+1) 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 (7 (+4) patients, 2 (+1) 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)
97 (+2 ) new cases in last 7 days
126 tests on Jan. 22, 4 positive (3% positivity); 308 tests on Jan. 23, 14 positive (5% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

581 (+4) cases close contact, or 44%
266 (+3) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
333 (+5) cases community transmission, or 25%
18 (+4) cases under investigation, or 1%
35 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
86 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
321 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
225 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
207 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
174 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
119 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
113 (+1) cases age 80+, or 9%
82 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
68 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
22 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Sunday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

24,489 confirmed cases of COVID-19
149 new cases since Jan. 23
22,487 (+235) cases resolved (92%)
1,567 (-92) active cases
1 more death, totalling 435
- A 95-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 22 at Villa Leonardo Gambin LTC, Vaughan (Exposure - outbreak at Villa Leonardo Gambin)
188 (+12) cases are hospitalized, 21 (+0) patients in ICU
326 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 23 (+0) active, 2,577 (+2) cases

Recovery Measures

1,592 (-94) new cases reported in last 7 days
142 (-2) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
58 (+0) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.85 (-0.06) 7-day median reproductive number*
37% (-1%) of new cases unknown source of infection
800 tests on Jan. 22, 40 positive (5% positivity); 3,697 tests on Jan. 23, 250 positive (7% 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
369 (+1) school surveillances, 13 (+1) active
44 (+0) child care outbreaks, 5 (-1) active
998 (+1) total school and child care cases
696 (+1) student/children cases
302 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

232 (+4) institutional outbreaks, 60 (+2) active
- 14-day outbreak #3 closed Jan. 24 at Safe Haven – Woodbridge, Vaughan (1 health-care worker)
- 17 day outbreak #4 closed Jan. 24 at Bethany Lodge LTC, Markham (2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Jan. 23 at Chartwell Barton Retirement Residence, Newmarket (2 staff)
- Outbreak #4 declared Jan. 23 at Chartwell Aurora LTC, Aurora (2 staff)
- Outbreak declared Jan. 24 at Memory & Company retirement home, Markham (1 staff)
- Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 24 at Christian Horizons – Maple community living, Vaughan (1 staff)

Nitty Gritty

12,493 (+89) cases, or 51%, close contact
7,276 (+60) cases, or 30%, community transmission
2,635 (+18) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
281 (-46) cases, or 1%, under investigation
366 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
1,256 (+23) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
6,349 (+34) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,178 (+43) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
3,672 (+17) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,393 (+16) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,255 (+12) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,563 (+9) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,460 (+7) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,224 (+6) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
395 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 10,358 (+65) cases, 664 (-42) active
Markham 6,551 (+36) cases, 381 (-16) active
Richmond Hill 3,096 (+15) cases, 240 (-16) active
Newmarket 1,331 (+16) cases, 100 (+5) active
Aurora 815 (+6) cases, 52 (-2) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 701 (+6) cases, 47 (-11) active
East Gwillimbury 481 (+3) cases, 39 (+0) active
Georgina 533 (+1) cases, 35 (-3) active
King 561 (+1) cases, 22 (-5) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 25, for Jan. 24)

256,960 confirmed cases of COVID-19
1,958 new cases since Jan. 23
43 more deaths, totalling 5,846
227,494 resolved 88.5% of cases
1,398 (-38) cases are hospitalized; 397 (+5) in ICU; 283 (-18) on ventilators (About 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
35,968 more tests completed, with 14,991 awaiting results
3.3% (-1.0%) positivity Jan. 21 (update N/A)

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