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

5 new cases in Newmarket, 1 new school case at Sir William Mulock, 1 more close contact variant case; York Region confirms 86 new cases, 10 more variants, 37 schools have active cases; Ontario daily new cases drop below 1,000 for first time in a week, to 966 , with 11 more deaths and 572 variant cases

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Newmarket (reported Monday, March 1 at 5 p.m.)

1,601 cases of COVID-19
5 more cases since Feb. 28
34 (+1) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 32 (+1) lineage not yet determined; 22 (+1) close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
1,520 (+8) cases resolved (96%)
44 (-3) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 37
7 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
5 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #2 declared Feb. 26 at Amica Newmarket Retirement Home (1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #2 declared Feb. 22 at Eagle Terrace Long-term Care Home (4 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 19 at Inn From the Cold (1 resident, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (54 residents, 10 staff)
- Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (27 patients, 16 health-care workers)
4 (+1) school surveillances
- Surveillance #5 declared Feb. 28 at Sir William Mulock Secondary School (1 student)
- Surveillance #2 declared Feb. 26 at Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School (1 staff)
- Surveillance declared Feb. 26 at Poplar Bank School (1 student)
- Surveillance #2 declared Feb. 25 at Denne Public School (1 staff)
1 (+0) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb. 6 at Brightpath Newmarket (5 children, 5 staff)
31 (-1) new cases in last 7 days
281 tests on Feb. 25, 5 positive (1.8% positivity) update N/A

The Nitty Gritty

742 (+0) cases close contact, or 46%
314 (+3) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
391 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
10 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
41 (+1) cases travel, or 3%
91 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
396 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
279 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
239 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
207 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
143 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
103 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
79 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Monday, March 1 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone

28,912 confirmed cases of COVID-19
86 new cases since Feb. 28
627 (+10) variant cases
- 79 (+0) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 548 (+10) lineage not yet determined
27,624 (+115) cases resolved (96%)
764 (-32) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 524
138 (+1) cases are hospitalized, 24 (-1) patients in ICU
383 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 18 (+3) active, 3,133 (+13) cases

Recovery Measures

646 (-1) new cases reported in last 7 days
58 (-2) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
22 (-5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
0.84 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number
3% (-2%) of new cases unknown source of infection
2,870 tests on Feb. 25, 115 positive (4% positivity); update N/A

Cases in schools, child care centres

59 (+0) school outbreaks, 2 (+0) active
414 (+5) school surveillances, 35 (+5) active
59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 3 (+0) active
1,161 (+8) total school and child care cases
789 (+5) student/children cases
372 (+3) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

260 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 25 (-1) active
- 31-day outbreak #2 closed Feb. 28 at Amica Unionville Retirement Home, Markham (2 residents, 7 staff)

Nitty Gritty

14,892 (+54) cases, or 52%, close contact
8,521 (+28) cases, or 29%, community transmission
3,055 (+4) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
227 (-11) cases, or 1%, under investigation
457 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
1,580 (+5) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
7,508 (+24) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
4,923 (+15) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
4,357 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
4,029 (+9) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
2,660 (+9) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
1,713 (+5) cases age 80+, or 6%
1,750 (+8) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
1,460 (+9) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
512 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 12,180 (+39) cases, 305 (-2) active
Markham 7,584 (+12) cases, 170 (-20) active
Richmond Hill 3,790 (+16) cases, 140 (-5) active
Newmarket 1,601 (+5) cases, 44 (-3) active
East Gwillimbury 620 (+3) cases, 31 (+2) active
Aurora 941 (+2) cases, 23 (-1) active
Georgina 677 (+5) cases, 19 (-2) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 811 (+1) cases, 16 (-4) active
King 647 (+3) cases, 14 (+2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 2, for March 1)

302,805 confirmed cases of COVID-19
966 new cases since Feb. 28
572 (+7) variant cases
- 542 (+7) U.K. variant
- 27 (+0) South African variant
- 3 (+0) Brazilian variant
11 more deaths, totalling 6,997
285,262 resolved 94.2% of cases
677(+18) cases are hospitalized; 284 (+4) in ICU; 189 (+14) on ventilators
30,767 more tests completed, with 31,074 awaiting results
3.1% positivity Feb. 28