Newmarket (reported Sunday, March 7 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,631 cases of COVID-19
- 8 more cases since March 6
- 44 (+2) variant cases
- 7 (+2) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 37 (+0) lineage not yet determined; 23 (-2) close contact, 9 (+2) local transmission, 4 (+0) workplace
- 1,550 (+5) cases resolved (95%)
- 44 (+4) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 7 (+1) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
- 1 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village (2 staff)
- 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 (+0) 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 (+0) workplace outbreak
- 35 (+6) new cases in last 7 days
- 398 tests on March 5, 8 positive (2% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 759 (+4) cases close contact, or 47%
- 315 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 399 (+4) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 12 (+0) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 93 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 400 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 286 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 243 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 212 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 148 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 106 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 81 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Sunday, March 7 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,516 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 110 new cases since March 6
- 835 (+32) variant cases
- 174 (+19) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 661 (+13) lineage not yet determined
- 28,181 (+90) cases resolved (95.5%)
- 804 (+17) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 531
- 137 (+4) cases are hospitalized, 23 (+2) patients in ICU
- 396 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 20 (+1) active, 3,230 (+4) 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)
- 24 (+2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.92 (+0.07) 7-day median reproductive number
- 3,421 tests on March 5, 117 positive (3.4% positivity)
Vaccines
- 70,997 (+1,126) total doses
- 23,081 (+1,779) doses 80 and older
- 35.3% 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, Newmarket (2 students)
- Roselawn Public School, Richmond Hill (2 students, 1 staff)
- Stonebridge Public School, Markham (5 students)
- 435 (+7) school surveillances, 46 (+3) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
- 1,206 (+5) total school and child care cases
- 827 (+4) student/children cases
- 378 (+1) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 266 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 17 (-2) active
- 34-day outbreak #2 closed March 6 at Revera Glynnwood Retirement Home, Markham (3 residents, 5 staff)
- 26-day outbreak closed March 6 at 360 Kids, Markham (2 staff)
- Outbreak closed March 6 at Brookside Court & Hillside Place, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village, Newmarket (2 staff)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,181 (+71) cases, or 51%, close contact
- 8,692 (+41) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,071 (+1) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 270 (-16) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 475 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,643 (+7) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,667 (+26) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,026 (+20) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,447 (+13) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,119 (+8) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,720 (+9) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,728 (+3) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,792 (+11) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,493 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 524 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,346 (+47) cases, 341 (+8) active
- Richmond Hill 3,920 (+22) cases, 165 (+1) active
- Markham 7,675 (+16) cases, 141 (+2) active
- Newmarket 1,631 (+8) cases, 44 (+4) active
- Aurora 969 (+5) cases, 30 (+2) active
- East Gwillimbury 631 (+4) cases, 21 (+2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 828 (+0) cases, 20 (-3) active
- Georgina 692 (+3) cases, 21 (+1) active
- King 664 (+5) cases, 21 (+0) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 8, for March 7)
- 309,927 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,631 new cases since March 6
- 935 (+63) variant cases
- 879 (+51) U.K. variant
- 39 (+8) South African variant
- 17 (+4) Brazilian variant
- 10 more deaths, totalling 7,077
- 291,834 resolved 94.2% of cases
- 626 (+10) cases are hospitalized; 282 (+9) in ICU; 184 (+5) on ventilators (About 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
- 38,063 more tests completed, with 13,891 awaiting results
- 3.4% positivity March 7
Vaccines
- 21,882 daily doses administered March 7
- 912,486 total doses
- 273,676 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 7,119 (+80) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,517 (+92) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,885 (+73) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,306 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 79 (+1) active
- 773 (+3) outbreaks at retirement homes, 59 (+1) active
- 419 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 20 (+0) active
- 3,876 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,979 (-1) cases are long-term care residents
