Some York Region Public Health data is cumulative from Friday, Oct. 15 due to no dashboard updates on weekends.
Newmarket (reported Monday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,434 cases of COVID-19
- 3 new cases since Oct. 17 (4 cases Oct. 17, 3 cases Oct. 16, 0 cases Oct. 15)
- 3 unvaccinated
- 1,530 variant cases, 13 (+2) active
- 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
- 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 98 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
- 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 1,337 (+4) lineage not yet determined
- 13 (-2) active cases
- 1 (+0) institutional outbreak
- Newmarket Health Centre LTC, 2 health care/housing workers
- 0 (-1) schools in outbreak:
- Outbreak resolved Oct. 18 at Huron Heights S.S., 3 students
- 1 (-4) school in surveillance, 1 (-4) cases
- Alexander Muir P.S., 1 student
- 1 (-1) workplace outbreak
- 0 more deaths, totalling 51
- 15 tests on Oct. 15, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)
The Details
- 1,255 (+5) household cases close contact, or 37%
- 287 (-1) non-household close contact, or 8%
- 1,059 (+3) cases community transmission, or 31%
- 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
- 47 (+2) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 57 (+0) cases school outbreak
- 47 (+1) cases travel, or 1%
- 282 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 876 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 593 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 539 (+a) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 450 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 265 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
- 258 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 206 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 141 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 106 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Monday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m.)
- 57,151 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 28 new cases since Oct. 17 (20 cases Oct. 17, 39 cases Oct. 16, 33 cases Oct. 15)
- 21 unvaccinated, 2 partially vaccinated, 5 fully vaccinated
- 216 new cases in last 7 days, of which 55.9% are unvaccinated (ages 12+)
- 22,152 variant cases, 82 active, 182 deaths
- 981 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha
- 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 4 (+0) B.1.617
- 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
- 1,634 (+27) B.617.2 Delta
- 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 18,976 (+48) lineage not yet determined
- 188 active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 769
- 1 active institutional outbreak
- 2 (-2) active workplace outbreaks
Active school and child care cases
- 8 (-2) school outbreaks: 41 (+3) students, 5 (-1) staff
- Outbreaks closed Oct. 18 at: École Élémentaire Catholique Pape-François, Whitchurch-Stouffville; Huron Heights Secondary School, Newmarket; St. Peter Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan; Vellore Woods Public School, Vaughan
- 23 (-7) schools under surveillance: 23 (-13) students; 5 (-3) staff
- 2 (+0) child care outbreaks: 5 (+1) children, 2 (+1) staff
Recovery Measures
- 31 7-day average of new cases
- 22 (-4) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 0.85 (-0.07) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 183 tests on Oct. 15, 1 positive (0.5% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)
- 1,122 doses administered, 324 newly vaccinated on Oct. 17
- 76.3% residents with 1 dose; 73.5% with 2 doses
- residents 18+ 87.3% 1 dose, 84.4% 2 doses
- residents 12+ 87.2% 1 dose, 83.9% 2 doses
The Details
- 20,549 (+55) cases, or 36%, household close contact
- 5,062 (-13) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
- 20,155 (+41) cases, or 35%, community transmission
- 4,171 (+1) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
- 689 (+6) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 774 (+14) cases, or 1%, travel
- 1,080 (+11) cases, or 2%, school outbreak
- 4,471 (+1) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 15,212 (+18) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
- 9,581 (+9) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 8,389 (+16) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,808 (+16) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,785 (+10) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 4,432 (+31) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
- 3,408 (+5) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,236 (+3) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,300 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 24,120 (+10) cases, 98 cases in last 7 days, 87 (-45) active
- Markham 13,154 (+2) cases, 34 cases in last 7 days, 33 (-4) active
- Richmond Hill 8,167 (+6) cases, 31 cases in last 7 days, 27 (-5) active
- Newmarket 3,434 (+3) cases, 15 cases in last 7 days, 13 (-2) active
- Aurora 2,048 (+4) cases, 9 ^ cases in last 7 days, 8 (+4) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,628 (+0) cases, 7 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (+0) active
- Georgina 1,371 (+3) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 4 (-4) active
- King 1,297 (+0) cases, 7 cases in last 7 days, 4 (-3) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,275 (+0) cases, 3 cases in last 7 days, 2 (+1) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 19, for Oct. 18)
- 595,563 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 328 new cases since Oct. 17
- 177 unvaccinated; 16 partially vaccinated; 105 fully vaccinated, 30 unknown*
- Variant cases
- 146,495 Alpha
- 1,503 Beta
- 5,230 Gamma
- 19,976 Delta
- 4 more deaths, totalling 9,819
- 97.7% of cases resolved
- 260 total hospitalized: 102 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 35 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
- 159 in ICU: 74 unvaccinated; 4 partially vaccinated; 26 fully vaccinated*
- 101 on a ventilator
- 20,792 more tests completed
- 1.9% positivity
- *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information.
Cases in school, child care centres
- 173 new school cases since Oct. 17
- 3,788 total cases: 3,347 students, 375 staff, 66 N/A
- 614, 12.68%, schools with reported cases
- 19 new child care cases since Oct. 17
- 8,704 total cases: 5,433 children, 3,271 staff
- 118, 2.18%, centres with confirmed cases
Vaccinations
- 83% ages 12+ 2 doses; 89% one dose
- 77% all Ontarians
