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
- 612 (-16) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 53 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 23 (+5) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.85 (+0.05) 7-day median reproductive number
- 7% (+1%) of new cases unknown source of infection
- 3,536 tests on March 2, 97 positive (2.7% positivity)
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