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

5 more cases in Newmarket, and 1 more variant case, totalling 21, as active cases drop to 51; 109 new cases in York Region, 38 more variant cases, totalling 369, as active cases remain below 1,000; Ontario reports 1,058 new cases, 11 more deaths

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Newmarket (reported Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m.)

1,559 cases of COVID-19
5 more cases since Feb. 20
21 (+1) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. (U.K); local transmission
- 19 (+1) (lineage not yet determined)
1,471 (+11) cases resolved (94%)
51 (-8) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 37
7 (-1) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
4 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Feb. 19 at Inn From the Cold (1 resident, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (52 residents, 10 (+2) 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 patients, 15 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 (+0) new cases in last 7 days
131 tests on Feb. 17, 6 positive (5% positivity); 163 tests on Feb. 18, 6 positive (4% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

727 (+0) cases close contact, or 47%
307 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
376 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
10 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
40 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
87 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 5%
382 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
271 (+1) 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%
102 (+2) 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 Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

28,191 confirmed cases of COVID-19
109 new cases since Feb. 19
369 (+38) variant cases
- 53 (+0) B.1.1.7 (U.K.)
- 278 (+38) (lineage not yet determined)
26,605 (+101) cases resolved (94%)
965 (+13) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 516
131 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 20 (+1) patients in ICU
366 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 15 (+0) active, 3,034 (+0) cases

Recovery Measures

858 (+16) new cases reported in last 7 days
73 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
20 (+0) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.92 (+0.02) 7-day median reproductive number*
5.5% (+0.5%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,306 tests on Feb. 17, 128 positive (6% positivity); 2,168 tests on Feb. 18, 100 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

57 (+0) school outbreaks, 0 (+0) active
381 (+1) school surveillance, 4 (+1) active
0 (+0) school closed
58 (+0) child care outbreaks, 7 (-1) active
1,103 (+1) total school and child care cases
753 (+1) student/children cases
350 (+0) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

253 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 26 (-1 ) active

Nitty Gritty

14,488 (+51) cases, or 51%, close contact
8,282 (+27) cases, or 29%, community transmission
3,018 (+5) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
288 (+8) cases, or 2%, under investigation
446 (+1) cases, or 2%, travel
1,492 (+12) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
7,297 (+22) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,807 (+17) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
4,257 (+16) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
3,935 (+20) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,601 (+11) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,698 (+6) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,690 (+8) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,418 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
488 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 11,885 (+39) cases, 406 (-9) active
Markham 7,426 (+16) cases, 228 (-4) active
Richmond Hill 3,659 (+25) cases, 137 (+6) active
Newmarket 1,559 (+5) cases, 51 (-8) active
East Gwillimbury 605 (+5) cases, 46 (+5) active
Georgina 654 (+3) cases, 28 (+8) active
King 633 (+2) cases, 24 (-1) active
Aurora 914 (+6) cases, 20 (+4) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 794 (+6) cases, 21 (+6) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, for Feb. 21)

294,144 confirmed cases of COVID-19
1,058 new cases since Feb. 20
400 (-1) variant cases
- 390 (-1) U.K. variant
- 9 (+0) South African variant
- 1 (+0) Brazilian variant
11 more deaths, totalling 6,872
276,931 resolved 94.0% of cases
646 (-14) cases are hospitalized; 277 (+15) in ICU; 181 (+0) on ventilators (about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
31,163 more tests completed, with 11,883 awaiting results
2.1% positivity Feb. 18