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

3 more cases in Newmarket, active cases rise to 6; York Region confirms 10 new cases, as active cases, 7-day average, positivity trend upwards; Ontario reports 185 new cases, 7 more deaths, with 1,363 active cases
2021-01-16 Southlake Assessment Centre AHS(1)
The Southlake COVID-19 assessment centre on Davis Drive in Newmarket.

Newmarket (reported Wednesday, July 21 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,169 cases of COVID-19 
  • 3 new case since July 20  
  • 1,324 variant cases, 0 active
    • 59 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
    • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
    • 3 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
    • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 1,227 (+0) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,112 (+0) cases resolved
  • 6 (+3) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 51
  • 98 tests on July 19, 3 positive (3.1% positivity)

The Details

  • 1,422 (+1) cases close contact, or 45%
  • 964 (+2) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 390 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 44 (+0) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 27 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 269 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 792 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 556 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
  • 503 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 417 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 250 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 233 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 183 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 140 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 90 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Wednesday, July 21 at 5 p.m.)

  • 52,754 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 10 new cases since July 20  
  • 19,312 variant cases, 7 active, 158 deaths
    • 969 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
    • 80 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 
    • 1 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
    • 117 (+0) B.617.2 Delta
    • 467 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 17,676 (+1) lineage not yet determined
  • 51,954 cases resolved
  • 57 (+8) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 743
  • 605 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 1 (+1) active, 5,131 (+0) cases 

Recovery Measures 

  • 9 (+1) 7-day average of new cases
  • (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 0.57 (-0.01) Alpha variants, 0.91 (-0.06) Delta variants 7-day median reproductive number
  • 753 tests on July 19, 13 positive (1.7% positivity)
  • *York Region has updated the daily reproductive number (Rt) data to compare Alpha and Delta variant cases; previously, the Rt data compared variants of concern and SARS-CoV-2 (reference strain). The Rt estimates the average number of people infected for every one person with COVID-19; when it is greater than one, the number of cases is expected to increase; when Rt is less than one, it is expected cases will decrease and transmissions will slow.

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

  • 8,501 doses administered, 1,071 newly vaccinated on July 20
  • 1,544,255 total doses 
  • 844,529 or 70.2%, residents with 1 dose
  • 699,726 or 58.2%, residents with 2 doses
  • residents 18+ 81.4% 1 dose, 68.9% 2 doses 
  • residents 12+ 80.2% 1 dose, 66.5% 2 doses 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 328 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active

The details 

  • 23,756 (+1) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 18,392 (+13) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,080 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 671 (-4) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 472 (+2) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 930 (+0) school-related (2%)
  • 4,371 (-13) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,808 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 9,042 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,754 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,417 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,510 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,781 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,139 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,178 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,125 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 21,848 (+3) cases, 26 cases in last 7 days, 25 (+1) active
  • Markham 12,570 (+0) cases, 11 cases in last 7 days, 10 (+0) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,520 (+1) cases, 11 ^ cases in last 7 days, 9 (+1) active
  • Newmarket 3,169 (+3) cases, 6 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (+3) active
  • Aurora 1,850 (+2) cases, 5 ^ cases in last 7 days, 5 (+2) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,511 (+0) cases, 1 case in last 7 days, 1 (+0) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,138 (+0) cases, 0 case in last 7 days, 0 active
  • King 1,129 (+0) cases, 0 cases in last 7 days, 0 active
  • Georgina 1,276 (+0) cases, 0 cases in last 7 days, 0 active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on July 22, for July 21)

  • 548,794 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 185 new cases since July 20
  • 155,350 (+234) variant cases
    • 145,021 Alpha
    • 1,479 Beta 
    • 5,096 Gamma
    • 3,754 Delta
  • 7 more deaths, totalling 9,307
  • 98.1% of cases resolved
  • 140 (+1) cases are hospitalized; 141 (-4) in ICU; 84 (+14) on ventilators
  • 19,599 more tests completed

Vaccines

  • 125,166 daily doses administered on July 21
  • 18,604,169 total doses
  • 8,272,485 people fully vaccinated

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