Newmarket (reported Monday, March 8 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,641 cases of COVID-19
- 9 more cases since March 7
- 52 (+8) variant cases
- 7 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 45 (+8) lineage not yet determined; 27 (+4) close contact, 14 (+5) local transmission, 4 (+0) workplace
- 1,559 (+9) cases resolved (95%)
- 45 (+1) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 7 (+0) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
- 4 (+0) 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 staff)
- Outbreak #2 declared Feb. 22 at Eagle Terrace Long-term Care Home (4 health-care workers)
- 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)
- 5 (-1) school surveillances
- Surveillance #2 closed March 7 at Denne Public School (1 staff)
- 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)
- 2 (+1) workplace outbreaks
- 40 (+5) new cases in last 7 days
- 29 tests on March 6, 0 positive (0% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 761 (+2) cases close contact, or 46%
- 408 (+9) cases community transmission, or 25%
- 315 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 19%
- 11 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 41 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 93 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 402 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
- 287 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 246 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 214 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 148 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 107 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 82 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Monday, March 8 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 29,618 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 104 new cases since March 7
- 872 (+37) variant cases
- 175 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 697 (+36) lineage not yet determined
- 28,294 (+113) cases resolved (95.5%)
- 793 (-11) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 531
- 136 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 21 (-2) patients in ICU
- 396 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 20 (+0) active, 3,239 (+9) cases
Recovery Measures
- 714 (+61) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 54 (+1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 22 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 0.95 (+0.03) 7-day median reproductive number
- 546 tests on March 6, 2 positive (0.4% positivity) update N/A
Vaccines as of March 6 (update N/A)
- 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
- 64 (+1) school outbreaks, 6 (+1) active
- Woodbridge College High School, Vaughan (3 students, 1 staff)
- 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)
- 437 (+2) school surveillances, 47 (+1) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) active
- 1,224 (+22) total school and child care cases
- 842 (+15) student/children cases
- 382 (+4) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 267 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 18 (+1) active
- Outbreak #3 declared March 8 at Richmond Hill Retirement Home, Richmond Hill (1 resident)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,240 (+59) cases, or 51%, close contact
- 8,732 (+40) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,078 (+7) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
- 257 (-13) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 478 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,653 (+10) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,695 (+28) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,042 (+16) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,464 (+17) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,138 (+19) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,726 (+6) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,728 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,800 (+8) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,500 (+7) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 525 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,485 (+40) cases, 341 (+0) active
- Markham 7,705 (+30) cases, 148 (+7) active
- Richmond Hill 3,932 (+13) cases, 147 (-18) active
- Newmarket 1,641 (+9) cases, 45 (+1) active
- Aurora 973 (+5) cases, 30 (+0) active
- King 666 (+2) cases, 22 (+1) active
- East Gwillimbury 633 (+2) cases, 21 (+0) active
- Georgina 693 (+1) cases, 20 (-1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 830 (+2) cases, 19 (-1) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 9, for March 8)
- 311,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,185 new cases since March 7
- 964 (+29) variant cases
- 908 (+29) U.K. variant
- 39 (+0) South African variant
- 17 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 6 more deaths, totalling 7,083
- 292,806 resolved 94.1% of cases
- 689 (+63) cases are hospitalized; 290 (+8) in ICU; 184 (+0) on ventilators
- 33,264 more tests completed, with 29,845 awaiting results
- 3.7% positivity March 8
Vaccines
- 31,047 daily doses administered March 8
- 943,533 total doses
- 276,193 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 7,168 (+49) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,599 (+82) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,935 (+50) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,307 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 75 (-4) active
- 775 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 56 (-3) active
- 422 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 22 (+2) active
- 3,876 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,980 (+1) cases are long-term care residents
