Newmarket (reported Tuesday, March 2 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,606 cases of COVID-19
- 6 more cases since March 1
- 36 (+2) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 34 (+2) lineage not yet determined; 23 (+1) close contact, 6 (+1) local transmission, 5 workplace
- 1,522 (+2) cases resolved (95%)
- 47 (+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)
- 6 (+2) school surveillances
- Surveillance #3 declared March 1 at Newmarket High School (1 student)
- Surveillance #3 declared March 1 at Rogers Public School (1 student)
- 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)
- 38 (+7) new cases in last 7 days
- 153 tests on Feb. 28, 1 positive (0.7% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 748 (+6) cases close contact, or 47%
- 314 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 389 (-2) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 9 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 93 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 391 (-5) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 278 (-1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 238 (-1) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 224 (+17) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 140 (-3) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 104 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 78 (-1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 35 (-2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Tuesday, March 2 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,008 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 100 new cases since March 1
- 656 (+29) variant cases
- 81 (+2) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 575 (+27) lineage not yet determined
- 27,704 (+79) cases resolved (96%)
- 781 (+17) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 524
- 137 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 24 (+1) patients in ICU
- 384 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 16 (-2) active, 3,133 (+9) cases
Recovery Measures
- 646 (+12) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 57 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 21 (-1) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.83 (-0.01) 7-day median reproductive number
- 4% (+1%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 1,695 tests on Feb. 28, 74 positive (4.4% positivity)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 60 (+1) school outbreaks, 3 (+1) active
- 418 (+4) school surveillances, 39 (+4) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 3 (+0) active
- 1,179 (+18) total school and child care cases
- 806 (+17) student/children cases
- 373 (+1) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 260 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 20 (-5) active
- 48-day outbreak #4 closed March 1 at Woodbridge Vista Care Community LTC, Vaughan (6 health-care workers)
- 34-day outbreak closed March 1 at Victoria House community living, Georgina (1 death, 25 residents, 1 staff)
- 86-day outbreak #2 closed March 1 at Chartwell Woodhaven LTC, Markham (14 deaths, 47 residents, 58 health-care workers)
- 11-day outbreak closed March 1 at Queensview Residential Home, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
- 39-day outbreak #2 closed March 2 at Safe Haven Aurora (1 resident, 3 staff)
Nitty Gritty
- 14,934 (+42) cases, or 52%, close contact
- 8,537 (+16) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,060 (+5) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 250 (+23) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 461 (+4) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,586 (+6) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,457 (-51) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 4,896 (-27) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,600 (+243) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,012 (-17) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,643 (-17) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,705 (-8) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,732 (-18) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,454 (-6) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 509 (-3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,205 (+36) cases, 303 (-2) active
- Markham 7,609 (+18) cases, 167 (-3) active
- Richmond Hill 3,810 (+21) cases, 146 (+6) active
- Newmarket 1,606 (+6) cases, 47 (+3) active
- Aurora 951 (+11) cases, 32 (+9) active
- East Gwillimbury 622 (+2) cases, 31 (+0) active
- Georgina 676 (+1) cases, 20 (+1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 815 (+4) cases, 19 (+3) active
- King 648 (+1) cases, 14 (+0) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 3, for March 2)
- 303,763 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 958 new cases since March 1
- 532 (+10) variant cases
- 552 (+10) U.K. variant
- 27 (+0) South African variant
- 3 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 17 more deaths, totalling 7,014
- 286,352 resolved 94.3% of cases
- 668 (-9) cases are hospitalized; 274 (-10) in ICU; 188 (-1) on ventilators
- 52,613 more tests completed, with 43,139 awaiting results
- 2.9% positivity March 1
Vaccines
- 27,398 daily doses administered March 2
- 754,419 total doses
- 266,710 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 6,849 (+39) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,189 (+40) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,628 (+39) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,282 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 83 (-1) active
- 758 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 54 (-4) active
- 416 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 28 (+5) active
- 3,869 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,961 (+3) cases are long-term care residents
