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

Newmarket (reported Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.)

1,486 cases of COVID-19
10 more cases since Feb. 10
5 variant cases
- 2 (+1) B.1.1.7. (U.K)
- 3 (+0) (lineage not determined)
1,384 (+6) cases resolved (93%)
66 (+4) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 36
11 (+1) hospitalized, 2 (+0) in ICU
4 (-1) institutional outbreaks
- 18-day outbreak closed Feb. 11 at Kinark Child and Family Residential Services (1 resident)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (27 residents, 3 staff)
- 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 (24 patients, 14 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 34 health-care workers)
0 (-1) school outbreak
- 12-day outbreak #2 closed Feb. 11 at Armitage Village Public School (2 staff)
1 (+0) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb 6 at Brightpath Childcare Centre – Newmarket (1 child, 2 staff)
61 (+5) new cases in last 7 days
130 tests on Feb. 8, 10 positive (8% positivity); 201 tests on Feb. 9, 8 positive (4% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

684 (+3) cases close contact, or 46%
296 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
360 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
14 (+4) cases under investigation, or 1%
40 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
79 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 5%
359 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
255 (+5) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
227 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
194 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
138 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
117 (-1) cases age 80+, or 8%
90 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
74 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
30 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

27,063 confirmed cases of COVID-19
139 new cases since Feb. 10
124 variant cases
- 45 (+25) B.1.1.7 (U.K.)
- 79 (+0) (lineage not yet determined)
25,548 (+131) cases resolved (94%)
1,016 (+1) active cases
4 more deaths, totalling 499
- An 73-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Feb. 5 at Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - close contact)
- A 52-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 8 at Joseph Brant Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - close contact)
- A 67-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 6 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - outbreak at Mackenzie Health)
- An 89-year-old Markham man passed away Feb. 4 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - close contact)
151 (+1) cases are hospitalized, 15 (-1) patients in ICU
357 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 25 (+1) active, 2,904 (+35) cases

Recovery Measures

900 (+6) new cases reported in last 7 days
74 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
34 (+2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.84 (-0.03) 7-day median reproductive number*
33% (+0%) of new cases unknown source of infection
1,553 tests on Feb. 8, 140 positive (9% positivity); 2,398 tests on Feb. 9, 100 (4% 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, 1 (-1) active
377 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (+0) active
56 (+1) child care outbreaks, 8 (+0) active
1,066 (+3) total school and child care cases
732 (+2) student/children cases
334 (+1) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

243 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 31 (-4) active
- 18-day outbreak closed Feb. 11 at Kinark Child and Family Residential Services (1 resident)
- Outbreak #8 closed Feb. 10 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill
- 37-day outbreak closed Feb. 11 at Mon Sheong Court LTC home, Richmond Hil) (3 deaths, 7 residents, 2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak closed Feb. 11 at Villa Leonardo Gambin LTC home, Vaughan

Nitty Gritty