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

New cases remain high, rising by 27 in Newmarket, new child care outbreak declared; York Region confirms 255 new cases, 4 more variant case deaths, as incidence rate drops to 155; Ontario reports 2,584 new cases, 24 more deaths, ICU patients rise to 785
2021-01-16 Southlake Assessment Centre AHS(1)
The Southlake COVID-19 assessment centre on Davis Drive in Newmarket.

Newmarket (reported Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,933 cases of COVID-19 
  • 27 more cases since May 13
  • 1,068 variant cases, 89 active
    • 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 1 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa: 1 local transmission
    • 11 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 4 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
    • 1,016 (+16) lineage not yet determined: 469 close contact, 409 local transmission, 77 workplace, 14 school, 31 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,763 cases resolved
  • 122 (+2) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 48
  • 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (5 health-care workers)
  • 2 (+0) workplace outbreaks
  • 1 (+0) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared May 7 at Alexander Muir P.S. (2 staff)
  • 1 (+1) child care centre outbreak
    • Outbreak declared May 14 at Newmarket Cooperative Nursery School, Park Avenue (9 children)
    • 16-day outbreak closed May 14 at Kidz R Us (9 children, 2 staff)
  • 418 tests on May 12, 15 positive (3.6% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,280 (+15) cases close contact, or 44%
  • 870 (+4) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 398 (+5) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
  • 64 (+0) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 245 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 745 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 509 (+5) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 467 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 393 (+5) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 232 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 202 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 163 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 137 (+1) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 85 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 49,995 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 255 new cases since May 13
  • 15,932 variant cases, 1,054 active, 84 deaths
    • 673 (+6) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 22 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 192 (+9) P.1 Brazil
    • 15,043 (+192) lineage not yet determined
  • 47,812 cases resolved
  • 1,542 (-54) active cases
  • 4 more deaths, totalling 641
    • A 66-year-old Markham man passed away May 10 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure close contact)
    • A 64-year-old Markham woman passed away May 5 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure close contact)
    • An 84-year-old Vaughan man passed away May 11 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure outbreak at Etobicoke General)
    • A 77-year-old Markham man passed away May 12 at at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure unknown)
  • 493 (+4) workplace outbreaks, 31 (+1) active, 4,407 (+47) cases 

Recovery Measures 

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)

  • 13,470 vaccinated May 13
  • 569,831 (46.8% of total population) at least 1 dose
  • 27,669 fully vaccinated people
  • 58.5% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose 

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,313 (+3) cases
  • 1,627 (+2) student cases
  • 686 (+1) staff cases
  • 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active
  • 671 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (-1) are active
  • 115 (+3) child care setting outbreaks, 17 (+2) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 322 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 12 (+0) active
    • Outbreak closed at Sunrise Senior Living of Richmond Hill
    • Outbreak #4 declared at Richmond Hill Retirement Residence

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 22,475 (+103) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 16,688 (+80) cases, or 33%, community transmission
  • 4,334 (+14) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
  • 978 (+5) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 432 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 4,088 (+39) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,050 (+72) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,620 (+38) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,320 (+47) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,111 (+29) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,294 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,522 (+25) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,894 (+17) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,137 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,047 (+6) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 20,652 (+108) cases, 578 (-9) active
  • Markham 12,021 (+61) cases, 396 (-15) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,100 (+20) cases, 197 (-29) active
  • Newmarket 2,933 (+27) cases, 122 (+2) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,430 (+6) cases, 54 (-1) active
  • Aurora 1,736 (+4) cases, 52 (-4) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,080 (+12) cases, 35 (+7) active
  • Georgina 1,204 (+7) cases, 31 (+0) active
  • King 1,062 (+2) cases, 29 (-2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 15, for May 14)

  • 507,117 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,584 new cases since May 13
  • 108,521 (+2,317) variant cases
    • 106,043 U.K. variant
    • 625 South African variant
    • 1,853 Brazilian variant
  • 24 more deaths, totalling 8,455
  • 92.9% of cases resolved
  • 1,546 (-36) cases are hospitalized; 785 (+8) in ICU; 560 (+0) on ventilators
  • 42,320 more tests completed, with 19,533 awaiting results
  • 6.2% positivity

Vaccines

  • 154,104 daily doses administered 
  • 6,925,232 total doses
  • 422,960 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 14,483 (+106) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 18,492 (+118) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 18,587 (+120) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,455 (+0) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (+0) active
  • 858 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 (+0) active
  • 551 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 35 (-1) active
  • 3,938 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,226 (+0) cases are long-term care residents

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