Ontario is reporting 551 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and another 38 deaths, 24 of which were long-term care residents.
There have also been another 291 recoveries reported since yesterday.
In total, the province has confirmed 11,735 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and that number includes 5,806 recoveries, and 622 deaths.
York Region's total number of confirmed cases is 1,149, with an additional COVID-19 related fatality of a resident of a long-term care centre in Vaughan bringing the death toll to 52.
The latest report also shows the province processed 9,330 tests in a single day, bringing the total of completed tests in the province to 174,170. There is currently a backlog of 5,546 tests awaiting results.
There are now 859 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the province, including 250 in intensive care units and 194 on ventilators.
Here's the daily COVID-19 update for Newmarket and York Region.
An additional seven long-term care home outbreaks reported since yesterday brings the provincial total to 121 outbreaks reported. There are 34 outbreaks reported in Ontario hospitals.
There have been 1,394 cases confirmed in residents and patients of long-term care homes, and there are now 274 deaths of long-term care home residents attributed to COVID-19.
COVID-19 cases acquired as a result of an institutional outbreak are now the major cause of transmission in Newmarket. More than half the cases — which jumped from 54 yesterday to 63 today — have acquired COVID-19 in a long-term care home or community care setting.
In Ontario, the highest number of confirmed cases have been reported in the 40 to 59-year-old age group (3,665 or 31.2 per cent). There are 260 cases (2.2 per cent) in people aged 19 and under, 2,657 cases (22.6 per cent) in people aged 20-39, 2,687(22.9 per cent) in people aged 60-79, and 2,457 (20.9 per cent) in people over the age of 80.
In Newmarket, individuals aged 80 and over are now the largest age group with confirmed cases of COVID-19, accounting for 28 per cent of the 116 cases, followed by ages 65 to 79, at 21 per cent.
At least 264, or 23 per cent, of York Region's COVID-19 cases have been acquired in a long-term care, retirement or community group home.
About 30 per cent of Ontario’s cases are considered community transmission. Ten per cent are travel related, and 17 per cent are attributed close-contact. The remaining 41 per cent list transmission data as pending.
The statistics reported by Ontario public health are current as of 4 p.m. yesterday.
Local residents are again being urged to get assessed if they have COVID-19 symptoms, and those who have tested positive and are isolating at home should call 911 before their conditions deteriorate — which can happen very rapidly, York Region medical officer of health Dr. Karim Kurji said.
"Our hospital partners are telling us that there are many known COVID-19 patients who are waiting too long before they access the hospitals for urgent care," he said. "This, of course, results in worse outcomes for everybody concerned."
