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

Newmarket (reported Saturday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m.)

1,399 cases of COVID-19
10 more cases since Jan. 29
1,277 (+12) cases resolved (91%)
87 (-2) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 35
12 (-1) hospitalized, 2 (+0) in ICU
12 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Jan. 28 at Community Living Central York (1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Jan. 24 at Kinark Child and Family Residential Services (1 resident)
- 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 (14 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Residential Care Village LTC (7 residents, 9 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (14 patients, 9 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #4 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (7 patients, 3 (+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 (11 patients, 24 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 33 (+1) health-care workers)
84 (+2) new cases in last 7 days
334 tests on Jan. 27, 14 positive (4% positivity); 287 tests on Jan. 28, 8 positive (3% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

658 (+2) cases close contact, or 47%
278 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
352 (+2) cases community transmission, or 25%
16 (+4) cases under investigation, or 1%
37 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
46 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
339 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
239 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
214 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
182 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
126 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
116 (+0) cases age 80+, or 9%
87 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
72 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
24 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Saturday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

25,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19
152 new cases since Jan. 29
23,714 (+180) cases resolved (93%)
1,411 (-38) active cases
5 more deaths, totalling 463
- An 87-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 26 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - close contact)
- An 88-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 21 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - local transmission)
- An 83-year-old Aurora man passed away Jan. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure - local transmission)
- A 58-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 19 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - local transmission)
- An 83-year-old Markham woman passed away Jan. 21 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - outbreak at Markham Stouffville Hospital)
175 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 21 (+0) patients in ICU
334 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 20 (-4) active, 2,681 (+1) cases

Recovery Measures

1,218 (-82) new cases reported in last 7 days
117 (-5) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
58 (+1) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.85 (+0.3) 7-day median reproductive number*
32% (+0%) of new cases unknown source of infection
3,239 tests on Jan. 27, 189 positive (6% positivity); 3,323 tests on Jan. 28, 182 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

56 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
374 (+1) school surveillances, 13 (+0) active
48 (+2) child care outbreaks, 9 (+2) active
1,022 (+6) total school and child care cases
708 (+4) student/children cases
314 (+2) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

239 (+2) institutional outbreaks, 56 (-4) active
- Outbreak closed Jan. 29 at Del Manor Elgin Mills retirement home, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak #7 closed Jan. 29 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak #5 closed Jan. 29 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak closed Jan. 29 at Bayshore Integrated Care – Sunrise of Unionville transitional care, Markham
- Outbreak closed Jan. 29 at Community Living Central York, East Gwillimbury
- Outbreak closed Jan. 29 at Amica Thornhill retirement home, Vaughan
- Outbreak #9 declared Jan. 29 at at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak declared Jan. 29 at New Leaf – Tamarack Residence, East Gwillimbury

Nitty Gritty

13,470 (+101) cases, or 53%, close contact
7,581 (+52) cases, or 30%, community transmission
2,760 (+14) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
297 (-22) cases, or 1%, under investigation
395 (+2) cases, or 2%, travel
865 (+0) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
6,615 (+35) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,351 (+22) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
3,842 (+24) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,541 (+24) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,368 (+20) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,622 (+9) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,521 (+9) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,270 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
420 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 10,788 (+54) cases, 565 (-23) active
Markham 6,787 (+35) cases, 310 (-7) active
Richmond Hill 3,284 (+23) cases, 237 (-3) active
Newmarket 1,399 (+10) cases, 87 (-2) active
Georgina 585 (+16) cases, 61 (+7) active
Aurora 854 (+7) cases, 48 (+3) active
East Gwillimbury 500 (+4) cases, 27 (-2) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 720 (+1) cases, 25 (-9) active
King 570 (+1) cases, 10 (-1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, for Jan. 30)

268,211 confirmed cases of COVID-19
1,848 new cases since Jan. 29 (includes 300 Toronto case due to 'data catch-up')
58 U.K. variant cases
43 more deaths, totalling 6,188
242,807 resolved 90.5% of cases
1,159 (-114) cases are hospitalized; 356 (+3) in ICU; 252 (+36) on ventilators (about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
49,352 more tests completed, with 15,616 awaiting results
3.3% positivity Jan. 28

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