Newmarket (reported Wednesday, March 3 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,605 cases of COVID-19
- 0 more cases since March 2
- 37 (+1) variant cases
- 5 (+2) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 32 (-2) lineage not yet determined; 22 (-1) close contact, 6 (+0) local transmission, 4 (-1) workplace
- 1,530 (+3) cases resolved (95%)
- 38 (-9) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 6 (-1) 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 (+0) 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)
- 0 (-1) child care outbreak
- 25-day outbreak closed March 3 at Brightpath Newmarket (5 children, 5 staff)
- 31 (-6) new cases in last 7 days
- 221 tests on March 1, 9 positive (4% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 751 (+3) cases close contact, or 47%
- 315 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 391 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 8 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 93 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 397 (+6) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 280 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 241 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 208 (-16) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 145 (+5) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 106 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 79 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 37 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Wedneday, March 3 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,068 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 64 new cases since March 3
- 683 (+27) variant cases
- 108 (+27) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 575 (+0) lineage not yet determined
- 27,813 (+109) cases resolved (96%)
- 729 (-52) active cases
- 2 more deaths, totalling 526
- An 83-year-old Markham man passed away Jan. 14 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - outbreak at Markham Stouffville Hospital)
- A 78-year-old Markham man passed away Feb. 28 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure - local transmission)
- 130 (-7) cases are hospitalized, 21 (-3) patients in ICU
- 385 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 13 (-3) active, 3,133 (+33) cases
Recovery Measures
- 609 (-37) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 56 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 16 (-5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.84 (+0.01) 7-day median reproductive number
- 3% (-1%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 2,304 tests on March 1, 102 positive (4.4% positivity)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 62 (+0) school outbreaks, 5 (+0) active
- Mount Albert Public School, East Gwillimbury (closed)
- Northern Lights Public School, Aurora
- 422 (+4) school surveillances, 40 (+1) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (-2) active
- 1,191 (+12) total school and child care cases
- 816 (+10) student/children cases
- 375 (+2) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 263 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 21 (-1) active
- Outbreak #5 declared March 2 at Mackenzie Health LTC, Richmond Hill (2 health-care workers)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,004 (+70) cases, or 52%, close contact
- 8,593 (+56) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,067 (+7) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 272 (+22) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 465 (+5) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,604 (+18) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,579 (+122) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 4,866 (+70) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,399 (-201) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,069 (+57) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,694 (+51) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,721 (+16) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,767 (+35) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,473 (+19) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 518 (+9) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,247 (+34) cases, 296 (-7) active
- Markham 7,609 (+7) cases, 148 (-19) active
- Richmond Hill 3,822 (+14) cases, 141 (-5) active
- Newmarket 1,605 (+0) cases, 38 (-9) active
- Aurora 952 (+1) cases, 29 (-3) active
- East Gwillimbury 624 (+1) cases, 23 (-8) active
- Georgina 680 (+2) cases, 19 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 818 (+3) cases, 19 (+0) active
- King 650 (+2) cases, 16 (+2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 4, for March 3)
- 304,757 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 994 new cases since March 2
- 678 (+95) variant cases
- 644 (+92) U.K. variant
- 31 (+3) South African variant
- 3 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 10 more deaths, totalling 7,024
- 287,424 resolved 94.3% of cases
- 649 (-19) cases are hospitalized; 281 (+7) in ICU; 183 (-5) on ventilators
- 65,643 more tests completed, with 42,723 awaiting results
- 2.1% positivity March 3
Vaccines
- 30,409 daily doses administered March 3
- 784,828 total doses
- 268,118 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 6,884 (+35) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,235 (+46) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,664 (+36) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,289 (+7) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 88 (+5) active
- 757 (-1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 54 (+0) active
- 418 (+2) outbreaks at hospitals, 29 (+1) active
- 3,871 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,963 (+2) cases are long-term care residents
