Newmarket (reported Saturday, March 6 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,622 cases of COVID-19
- 9 more cases since March 5
- 42 (+3) variant cases
- 5 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 37 (+3) lineage not yet determined; 25 (+2) close contact, 7 (+0) local transmission, 4 (+0) workplace
- 1,545 (+5) cases resolved (95%)
- 40 (+4) 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 students)
- 6 (+1) school surveillances
- Surveillance #3 declared March 5 at Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (1 student)
- 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)
- 1 (+1) workplace outbreak
- 29 (+7) new cases in last 7 days
- 349 tests on March 4, 7 positive (2% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 755 (+2) cases close contact, or 47%
- 315 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 395 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 12 (+5) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 92 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 398 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 284 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 241 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 210 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 147 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 106 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 81 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Saturday, March 6 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,409 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 133 new cases since March 5
- 803 (+85) variant cases
- 155 (+2) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 648 (+83) lineage not yet determined
- 28,091 (+93) cases resolved (95.5%)
- 787 (+35) active cases
- 1 more death, totalling 531
- A 77-year-old Vaughan man passed away Feb. 26 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - local transmission)
- 133 (+0) cases are hospitalized, 21 (-1) patients in ICU
- 395 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 19 (+3) active, 3,226 (+11) cases
Recovery Measures
- 653 (+41) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 53 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 22 (-1) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.85 (+0.0) 7-day median reproductive number
- 3,866 tests on March 4, 152 positive (3.9% positivity)
Vaccines
- 69,871 (+3,451) total doses
- 21,302 (+3,168) doses 80 and older
- 35.2% proportion of ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 63 (+0) 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)
- 428 (+3) school surveillances, 43 (+3) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
- 1,201 (+3) total school and child care cases
- 823 (+2) student/children cases
- 378 (+1) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 265 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 19 (-1) active
- 11-day outbreak #3 closed March 5 at Chartwell Valley Vista Retirement Home, Vaughan (1 resident, 1 staff)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,110 (+65) cases, or 51%, close contact
- 8,651 (+37) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,074 (+5) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 286 (+5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 472 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,636 (+14) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,641 (+33) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,006 (+23) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,434 (+12) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,101 (+18) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,711 (+11) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,725 (+3) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,781 (+8) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,489 (+9) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 521 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,399 (+49) cases, 333 (+11) active
- Richmond Hill 3,899 (+30) cases, 164 (+26) active
- Markham 7,660 (+24) cases, 139 (-12) active
- Newmarket 1,622 (+9) cases, 40 (+4) active
- Aurora 965 (+9) cases, 28 (+2) active
- East Gwillimbury 627 (+2) cases, 19 (-2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 828 (+2) cases, 23 (-2) active
- Georgina 689 (+4) cases, 20 (+1) active
- King 660 (+4) cases, 21 (+2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 7, for March 6)
- 308,296 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,299 new cases since March 5
- 872 (+7) variant cases
- 828 (+2) U.K. variant
- 31 (+0) South African variant
- 13 (+5) Brazilian variant
- 15 more deaths, totalling 7,067
- 290,840 resolved 94.3% of cases
- 606 (-14) cases are hospitalized; 273 (-3) in ICU; 179 (-2) on ventilators (About 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
- 46,586 more tests completed, with 20,057 awaiting results
- 3.1% positivity March 6
Vaccines
- 30,192 daily doses administered March 6
- 890,604 total doses
- 271,807 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 7,039 (+67) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,425 (+71) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,812 (+45) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,303 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 78 (-7) active
- 770 (+4) outbreaks at retirement homes, 58 (+2) active
- 413 (-1) outbreaks at hospitals, 20 (-6) active
- 3,876 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,980 (+4) cases are long-term care residents
