Newmarket (reported Saturday, Feb. 20 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,556 cases of COVID-19
- 5 more cases since Feb. 19
- 20 (+1) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. (U.K); local transmission
- 18 (+1) (lineage not yet determined)
- 1,460 (+10) cases resolved (93%)
- 59 (-5) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 8 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
- 4 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Feb. 19 at Inn From the Cold (1 resident, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (52 (+8) residents, 8 (+1) staff)
- Outbreak #3 declared Jan. 8 at Southlake Residential Care Village LTC (7 residents, 10 health-care workers)
- Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (27 (+1) patients, 15 (+1) health-care workers)
- 1 (+0) school outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb. 15 at La Maison Montessori House (1 staff)
- 1 (+0) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb. 6 at Brightpath Newmarket (3 children, 5 staff)
- 49 (+15) new cases in last 7 days
- 129 tests on Feb. 17, 6 positive (5% positivity); 68 tests on Feb. 18, 4 positive (6% positivity);
The Nitty Gritty
- 727 (+4) cases close contact, or 47%
- 307 (-1) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 374 (-1) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 11 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 40 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 85 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 5%
- 382 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 270 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 231 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 202 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 143 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 100 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 76 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 34 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Saturday, Feb. 20 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone
- 28,086 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 122 new cases since Feb. 19
- 304 (+27) variant cases
- 53 (+1) B.1.1.7 (U.K.)
- 278 (+26) (lineage not yet determined)
- 26,605 (+101) cases resolved (94%)
- 965 (+13) active cases
- 2 more deaths, totalling 516
- An 79-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 14 at North York General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - close contact)
- A 94-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Feb. 8 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - close contact)
- 132 (-12) cases are hospitalized, 19 (+1) patients in ICU
- 366 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 15 (+0) active, 3,034 (+2) cases
Recovery Measures
- 842 (-36) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 73 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 20 (-9) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.90 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 5% (+0%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 2,233 tests on Feb. 17, 126 positive (6% positivity); 783 tests on Feb. 18, 30 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
- 380 (+1) school surveillances, 3 (+1) active
- 0 (+0) school closed
- 58 (+0) child care outbreaks, 7 (-1) active
- 1,102 (+2) total school and child care cases
- 752 (+0) student/children cases
- 350 (+2) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 253 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 27 (+1 ) active
- Outbreak declared on Feb. 20 at Queenview Residential Home community living, Town of East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
Nitty Gritty
- 14,437 (+150) cases, or 51%, close contact
- 8,253 (+20) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,013 (+44) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 280 (+0) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 445 (+0) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,480 (+10) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,275 (+39) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 4,790 (+17) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,241 (+18) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 3,915 (+22) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,590 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,692 (-1) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,682 (+9) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,414 (+6) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 487 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 11,846 (+49) cases, 415 (-2) active
- Markham 7,410 (+37) cases, 232 (+18) active
- Richmond Hill 3,634 (+13) cases, 131 (+2) active
- Newmarket 1,556 (+5) cases, 59 (-5) active
- East Gwillimbury 599 (+5) cases, 41 (+3) active
- Georgina 651 (+3) cases, 25 (-1) active
- King 631 (+1) cases, 25 (-3) active
- Aurora 908 (+3) cases, 16 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 788 (+3) cases, 15 (+0) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 21, for Feb. 20)
- 293,086 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,086 new cases since Feb. 19
- 401 (+5) variant cases
- 391 (+5) U.K. variant
- 9 (+0) South African variant
- 1 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 13 more deaths, totalling 6,861
- 275,854 resolved 94.0% of cases
- 660 (-39) cases are hospitalized; 277 (+15) in ICU; 181 (+0) on ventilators (about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
- 48,178 more tests completed, with 17,307 awaiting results
- 2.1% positivity Feb. 18
Vaccines
- 16,404 daily doses administered Feb. 20
- 556,533 total doses
- 235,922 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 6,399 (+44) cases ages 4 to 8
- 8,685 (+46) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,147 (+50) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,247 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 137 (-6) active
- 732 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 84 (+0) active
- 405 (+4) outbreaks at hospitals, 41 (-3) active
- 3,853 (+4) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,934 (+7) cases are long-term care residents
