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

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m.)

1,410 cases of COVID-19
7 more cases since Feb. 1
1,301 (-3) cases resolved (93%)
73 (+5) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 36
10 (+0) hospitalized, 2 (+0) in ICU
9 (-1) institutional outbreaks
- 11-day outbreak #2 closed Feb. 2 at The Renoir Retirement Residence (1 staff)
- 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 #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 (17 (+1) patients, 9 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #4 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (7 patients, 3 health-care workers)
- 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, 34 health-care workers)
1 (+0) school outbreak
- Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 30 at Armitage Village Public School (2 staff)
1 (+1) workplace outbreak
71 (-8) new cases in last 7 days
223 tests on Jan. 30, 5 positive (2% positivity); 176 tests on Jan. 31, 6 positive (3% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty*

643 (-23) cases close contact, or 46%
281 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
354 (+1) cases community transmission, or 25%
12 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
38 (+1) cases travel, or 3%
70 (+24) cases workplace outbreak, or 5%
409 (+227) cases age 55 to 64, or 29%
271 (-71) cases age 19 to 34, 19%
200 (-41) cases age 35 to 44, or 14%
171 (-46) cases age 45 to 54, or 12%
106 (-20) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
114 (-2) cases age 80+, or 8%
71 (-17) cases age 4 to 13, or 5%
53 (-19) cases age 14 to 18, or 4%
15 (-9) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

*Data qualification has resulted in significant changes to case numbers and demographic data

York Region (reported Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

25,918 confirmed cases of COVID-19
105 new cases since Feb. 1
24,096 (+47) cases resolved (93%)
1,352 (+50) active cases
5 more deaths, totalling 470
- An 81-year-old Georgina man passed away Jan. 30 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (Exposure - close contact)
- An 82-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Jan. 29 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - local transmission)
- A 70-year-old Aurora man passed away Feb. 1 at Willows Estate LTC, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
- An 82-year-old Aurora man passed away Feb. 1 at Willows Estate LTC, Aurora (Exposure - outbreak at Willows Estate)
- A 76-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 1 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - close contact)
176 (+0) cases are hospitalized, 20 (+0) patients in ICU
337 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 19 (-2) active, 2,704 (+4) cases

Recovery Measures

1,114 (-30) new cases reported in last 7 days
103 (-4) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
46 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.87 (+0.01) 7-day median reproductive number*
30% (-2%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,271 tests on Jan. 30, 135 positive (6% positivity); 1,945 tests on Jan. 31, 116 positive (6% 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

57 (+0) school outbreaks, 2 (+0) active
374 (+0) school surveillances, 7 (-3) active
48 (+0) child care outbreaks, 7 (-1) active
1,026 (+2) total school and child care cases
710 (+1) student/children cases
316 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

240 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 47 (-4) active
- 11-day outbreak #2 closed Feb. 2 at The Renoir Retirement Residence, Newmarket (1 staff)
- 11-day outbreak #2 closed Feb. 2 at Kingsway Place Retirement Residence, Aurora (1 staff)
- 35-day outbreak #3 closed Feb. 2 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (1 death, 16 patients, 8 health-care workers)
- 26-day outbreak #5 closed Feb. 2 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (3 deaths, 9 patients, 5 health-care workers)
- 11-day outbreak closed Feb. 2 at New Leaf Birch Residence, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
- Outbreak #4 declared Feb. 2 at Amica Thornhill retirement home, Vaughan

Nitty Gritty*