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

Newmarket (reported Monday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.)

1,528 cases of COVID-19
12 more cases since Feb. 14
13 (+6) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. (U.K); local transmission,
- 11 (+6) (lineage not yet determined); close contact
1,421 (+11) cases resolved (93%)
70 (+1) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 37
7 (-3) hospitalized, 2 (+0) in ICU
4 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (40 (+13) 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)
1 (+0) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb 6 at Brightpath Childcare Centre – Newmarket (1 child, 5 staff)
68 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
328 tests on Feb. 12, 12 positive (4% positivity); 193 tests on Feb. 13, 3 positive (2% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

712 (+9) cases close contact, or 47%
300 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
368 (+1) cases community transmission, or 24%
16 (+1) cases under investigation, or 1%
40 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
80 (+a) cases workplace outbreak, or 5%
374 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
263 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
230 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
202 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
141 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
118 (+1) cases age 80+, or 8%
94 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
76 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
30 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Monday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

27,569 confirmed cases of COVID-19
137 new cases since Feb. 14
211 (+40) variant cases
- 49 (+0) B.1.1.7 (U.K.)
- 162 (+40) (lineage not yet determined)
26,092 (+127) cases resolved (95%)
974 (+6) active cases
1 more death, totalling 503
- An 83-year-old Richmond Hill woman passed away Jan. 29 at North York General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - outbreak at North York General Hospital)
149 (-4) cases are hospitalized, 17 (+2) patients in ICU
362 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 22 (+1) active, 2,977 (+0) cases

Recovery Measures

887 (+9) new cases reported in last 7 days
74 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
29 (-5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.89 (+0.0) 7-day median reproductive number*
7% (-2%) of new cases unknown source of infection
3,441 tests on Feb. 12, 172 positive (5% positivity); 1,796 tests on Feb. 13, 65 positive (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, 0 (+0) active
377 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (+0) active
57 (+0) child care outbreaks, 9 (+0) active
1,086 (+3) total school and child care cases
744 (+3) student/children cases
342 (+0) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

248 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 29 (+0 ) active
- 84-day outbreak #3 closed Feb. 15 at Villa Colombo Vaughan Di Poce Centre, Vaughan (5 deaths, 27 residents, 30 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 15 at Meta Centre community living, Vaughan (1 staff)

Nitty Gritty

14,113 (+78) cases, or 51%, close contact
8,111 (+54) cases, or 29%, community transmission
2,975 (+22) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
327 (-34) cases, or 1%, under investigation
436 (+5) cases, or 2%, travel
1,424 (+13) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
7,127 (+27) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,712 (+21) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
4,160 (+24) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,838 (+18) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,557 (+11) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
1,687 (+5) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,637 (+13) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,380 (+10) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
471 (+5) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 11,613(+46) cases, 417 (+0) active
Markham 7,282 (+32) cases, 223 (+1) active
Richmond Hill 3,563 (+14) cases, 106 (-10) active
Newmarket 1,528 (+12) cases, 70 (+1) active
East Gwillimbury 581 (+19) cases, 57 (+12) active
Georgina 643 (+6) cases, 35 (+5) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 781 (+3) cases, 21 (-2) active
Aurora 900 (+3) cases, 20 (-1) active
King 609 (+2) cases, 20 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 16, for Feb. 14 and 15)

287,736 confirmed cases of COVID-19
994 new cases since Feb. 15, 964 cases since Feb. 14 (data remediation related to Toronto Public Health may be impacting case counts)
319 (+9) variant cases
- 309 (+6) U.K. variant
- 9 (+3) South African variant
- 1 (+0) Brazilian variant
13 more deaths Feb. 15, 13 more deaths Feb. 14, totalling 6,719
287,736 resolved 93.6% of cases
742 cases are hospitalized; 292 (+0) in ICU; 201 (-2) on ventilators (about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
27,005 more tests completed, with 15,024 awaiting results
2.6% positivity Feb. 13