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

Newmarket only has two new cases, the second-lowest in the region behind Aurora which has none. There are 30 more variant cases across the region, and one more death. There are 23 fewer people in hospitals across Ontario.
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Newmarket (reported Friday, March 5  at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,613 cases of COVID-19 
  • 2 more cases since March 4
  • 39 (+2) variant cases
    • 5 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
    • 34 (+2) lineage not yet determined; 23 (+1) close contact, 7 (+1) local transmission, 4 (+0) workplace
  • 1,540 (+9) cases resolved (95%)
  • 36 (-6) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 37
  • 6 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
  • 3 (+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. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (54 residents, 10 staff)
  • 1 (+0) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared March 5 at Poplar Bank School (2 (+0) students)
  • 5 (+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 #2 declared Feb. 25 at Denne Public School (1 staff)
  • 22 (-5) new cases in last 7 days
  • 492 tests on March 2, 5 positive (1% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

  • 753 (+2) cases close contact, or 47%
  • 315 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
  • 393 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
  • 7 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
  • 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
  • 92 (-1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
  • 397 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 281 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 241 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 208 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 145 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
  • 106 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 80 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

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

  • 29,280 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 121 new cases since March 4
  • 745 (+30) variant cases
    • 153 (+2) B.1.1.7 U.K.
    • 565 (+28) lineage not yet determined 
  • 27,998 (+82) cases resolved (95.5%)
  • 752 (-10) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 530
    • An 89-year-old King man passed away Feb 26 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, City of Vaughan (Exposure - close contact)
  • 133 (+2) cases are hospitalized, 22 (-1) patients in ICU 
  • 394 (+4) workplace outbreaks, 16 (+4) active, 3,215 (+30) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccines

  • 66,420 total doses
  • 18,134 doses 80 and older

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 63 (+1) school outbreaks, 5 (+0) active
    • Mount Albert Public School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 2 students)
    • Northern Lights Public School, Aurora (closed, 2 students, 1 staff)
    • Poplar Bank Public School (2 students)
    • Roselawn Public School (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Stonebridge Public School (5 students)
  • 425 (+3) school surveillances, 40 (+0) active
  • 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
  • 1,198 (+7) total school and child care cases
  • 821 (+5) student/children cases
  • 377 (+2) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 265 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 20 (-1) active

Nitty Gritty

  • 15,045 (+41) cases, or 51%, close contact
  • 8,614 (+21)  cases, or 29%, community transmission
  • 3,069 (+2) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 281 (+9) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 469 (+4) cases, or 2%, travel
  • 1,622 (+18) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
  • 7,608 (+29) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 4,983 (+117) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 4,412 (+13) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 4,083 (+14) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 2,700 (+6) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 1,722 (+1) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 1,773 (+6) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,480 (+7) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 519 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 12,353 (+47) cases, 322 (+7) active
  • Markham 7,637 (+10) cases, 151 (-+3) active
  • Richmond Hill 3,846 (+24) cases, 138 (-12) active
  • Newmarket 1,613 (+2) cases, 36 (-6) active
  • Aurora 956 (+0) cases, 26 (-2) active
  • East Gwillimbury 625 (+1) cases, 21 (-1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 826 (+4) cases, 25 (+3) active
  • Georgina 686 (+5) cases, 19 (+1) active
  • King 656 (+5) cases, 18 (+4) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 6, for March 5)

  • 306,997 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 990 new cases since March 3
  • 865 (+32) variant cases
    • 826 (+27) U.K. variant
    • 31 (+0) South African variant
    • 8 (+5) Brazilian variant
  • 22 more deaths, totalling 7,052
  • 289,735 resolved 94.3% of cases
  • 620 (-23) cases are hospitalized; 27 (-3) in ICU; 181 (-2) on ventilators 
  • 57,829 more tests completed, with 27,796 awaiting results
  • 2.3% positivity March 4

Vaccines

  • 39,698 daily doses administered March 5
  • 860,412 total doses
  • 270,625 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in children, youth

  • 6,972(+41) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 9,354 (+54) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 9,758 (+36) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,300 (+7) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 85 (-3) active
  • 766 (+5) outbreaks at retirement homes, 56 (+2) active
  • 419 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 26 (-3) active
  • 3,875 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
  • 14,976 (+12) cases are long-term care residents