Newmarket (reported Thursday, March 4 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,611 cases of COVID-19
- 5 more cases since March 3
- 37 (+0) variant cases
- 5 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 32 (+0) lineage not yet determined; 22 (-1) close contact, 6 (+0) local transmission, 4 (-1) workplace
- 1,532 (+2) cases resolved (95%)
- 42 (+4) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 6 (+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 (+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)
- 27 (-4) new cases in last 7 days
- 198 tests on March 2, 8 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 Thursday, March 4 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,186 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 121 new cases since March 4
- 683 (+33) variant cases
- 151 (+43) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 565 (-10) lineage not yet determined
- 27,895 (+82) cases resolved (96%)
- 762 (+33) active cases
- 3 more deaths, totalling 529
- An 88-year-old King man passed away March 1 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure - close contact)
- An 87-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 21 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure - outbreak atViva Thornhill Woods Retirement Home, Vaughan)
- A 63-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 28 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure - local transmission)
- 131 (+1) cases are hospitalized, 23 (+2) patients in ICU
- 390 (+5) workplace outbreaks, 16 (+3) active, 3,185 (+52) cases
Recovery Measures
- 628 (+19) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 54 (-2) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 18 (+2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.80 (-0.04) 7-day median reproductive number
- 6% (+3%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 2,138 tests on March 2, 104 positive (4.9% positivity)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 62 (+0) school outbreaks, 5 (+0) active
- Mount Albert Public School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 2 students)
- Northern Lights Public School, Aurora (2 students, 1 staff)
- Holy Trinity, Richmond Hill (3 staff)
- Roselawn Public School (2 students, 1 staff)
- Stonebridge Public School (5 students)
- 422 (+0) school surveillances, 40 (+0) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
- 1,191 (+0) total school and child care cases
- 816 (+0) student/children cases
- 375 (+0) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 263 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 21 (+0) active
- Outbreak ## declared March 4 at Reena Kerrybrook community living, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
- Outbreak #4 declared March 4 at Sunrise of Thornhill Retirement Home, Vaughan (1 staff)
- 61-day outbreak #2 closed March 3 at Maple Health Centre, Vaughan (3 deaths, 14 residents, 18 health-care workers)
- 49-day outbreak #5 closed March 4 at Sherwood Court LTC, Vaughan (7 health-care workers)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,004 (+70) cases, or 51%, 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 12,307 (+61) cases, 315 (+19) active
- Markham 7,628 (+20) cases, 151 (-+3) active
- Richmond Hill 3,846 (+24) cases, 150 (+9) active
- Newmarket 1,611 (+5) cases, 42 (+4) active
- Aurora 956 (+4) cases, 28 (-1) active
- East Gwillimbury 624 (+1) cases, 22 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 822 (+4) cases, 22 (+3) active
- Georgina 681 (+1) cases, 18 (-1) active
- King 651 (+1) cases, 14 (-2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 5, for March 4)
- 306,007 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,250 new cases since March 3
- 833 (+155) variant cases
- 799 (+155) U.K. variant
- 31 (+0) South African variant
- 3 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 22 more deaths, totalling 7,046
- 288,583 resolved 94.3% of cases
- 643 (-6) cases are hospitalized; 280 (-1) in ICU; 183 (+0) on ventilators
- 64,748 more tests completed, with 34,037 awaiting results
- 2.3% positivity March 4
Vaccines
- 35,886 daily doses administered March 4
- 820,714 total doses
- 269,063 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 6,931(+47) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,300 (+65) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,722 (+58) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,293 (+4) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 85 (-3) active
- 761 (+4) outbreaks at retirement homes, 56 (+2) active
- 418 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 26 (-3) active
- 3,873 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,964 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
