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

Newmarket marks 72nd death, 2 outbreaks open at Southlake; Southlake hospitalizations rise to 32; York Region reports jump in hospitalizations to 83, and 41 outbreaks; Ontario reports 31 more deaths — highest number in last month — and declining hospitalizations of 1,698
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, May 3 at 4 p.m.)

  • 7,326 cases of PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 9 new cases
    • 1 unvaccinated, 1 with two doses, 7 with three doses  
  • 8 (+1) institutional outbreaks
    • Community Living Central York — Newmarket, 4 (+1) staff, 4 (+0) residents 
    • Southlake Regional Health Centre, 4 patients
    • Amica Newmarket, 3 (+0) staff, 5 (+1) residents 
    • Chartwell Barton Retirement Residence, 8 staff, 5 residents
    • Eagle Terrace LTC, 12 (+1) staff, 13 (+1) residents
    • Newmarket Health Centre, 23 (+1) staff, 6 (+1) residents
    • Southlake Regional Health Centre, 3 patients
    • Southlake Residential Care Village, 27 (+3) staff, 14 (+0) residents
    • Outbreak closed at Hillcrest Residential Group Home, 1 staff, 12 residents
  • 1 more death, totalling 72
    • A woman aged in her 90s passed away May 1
  • Residents 5+ with at least 1 dose 89.4%
  • Residents 5+ with 2 doses 86.9%

COVID-19 cases reported by Southlake Regional Health Centre on May 4

  • Number of patients with COVID-19 in ICU: 1 (-2)
  • Total number of patients with COVID-19: 32 (+5) (includes critical care)

York Region (reported Tuesday, May 3 at 4 p.m.)

  • 83 (+16) hospitalizations, 9 (-1) in ICU**
  • 2 new admissions on May 1
  • Weekly hospitalizations per 100,000 population May 1
    • 4.17 unvaccinated
    • 2.88 at least 2 doses
  • 108,265 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 161 new cases
    • 32 unvaccinated, 4 with at least 1 dose, 20 with 2 doses, 105 with 3 doses
  • 1 more deaths, totalling 944
    • A Newmarket woman aged in her 90s passed away May 1

Institutional outbreaks 41 (+0)

  • 7 new outbreaks in last 7 days
  • Outbreaks declared at:
    • Southlake Regional Health Centre (Outbreak #8), Newmarket
    • Reena Community Residence - Vaughan (Outbreak #9), Vaughan
    • L'Arche Daybreak - Richmond Hill
    • Bloomington Cove Care Community LTC (Outbreak #5), Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Southlake Regional Health Centre (Outbreak #9), Newmarket
  • Outbreaks closed at:
    • Christian Horizons - Maple (Outbreak #3), Vaughan
    • King City Lodge Nursing Home (Outbreak #4), King Township
    • Mackenzie Health Hospital (Outbreak #17), Richmond Hill
    • Participation House – Markham
    • Hillcrest Residential Group Home, Newmarket

Recovery Measures 

  • 162 (-42) 7-day average of new cases
  • 15.7% positivity

Vaccinations 

  • 84.4% residents with 1 dose; 81.5% with 2 doses, 50.2% with 3 doses, 3.7% with 4 doses
  • Residents 5+ 88.6% 1 dose, 85.7% 2 doses 
  • 63.4% 5-11 vaccinated at least 1 dose 

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 40,851 (+36) cases, 306 cases in last 7 days, 314 active
  • Markham 24,763 (+44) cases, 378  cases in last 7 days, 346 active
  • Richmond Hill 16,114 (+25) cases, 198 cases in last 7 days, 183 active
  • Newmarket 7,326 (+9) cases, 79 cases in last 7 days, 87 active
  • Aurora 4,751 (+12) cases, 63 cases in last 7 days, 56 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 3,642 (+3) cases, 56 cases in last 7 days, 51 active
  • Georgina 3,211 (+18) cases, 48 ^ cases in last 7 days, 47 ^ active
  • King 2,562 (+6) cases, 28 cases in last 7 days, 31 active
  • East Gwillimbury 2,722 (+2) cases, 28 cases in last 7 days, 30 active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 4 for May 3)

  • 1,265,690 PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 7-day average of cases by vaccination status, per 100,000 people:
    • not fully vaccinated 9.81 
    • fully vaccinated 9.25
    • with booster 21.1
  • 2,488  new PCR confirmed cases
  • 31 more deaths, totalling 12,889 (2 deaths occurred more than 1 month ago)
  • 7-day average of deaths by vaccinations status, all ages, per 100,000 people:
    • not fully vaccinated 0.07 ^
    • fully vaccinated 0.02 
    • with booster 0.07 ^ 
  • 1,698  hospitalized: 239 unvaccinated; 66 partially vaccinated; 1,050 fully vaccinated* 
  • 199 in ICU: 30 unvaccinated; 5 partially vaccinated; 81 fully vaccinated* 
  • 94 on a ventilator
  • *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information.

Vaccinations

  • 83% all ages fully vaccinated, 3% partially vaccinated, totalling 86%

**Data note from York Region Public Health: Hospitalization data indicates COVID-19 positive individuals in York Region hospitals and is not limited to York Region residents. The data includes individuals hospitalized for COVID-19 and those who may be in hospital for another reason but tested positive for COVID-19. *With the rapid transmission of Omicron and provincial changes in testing eligibility and case management, case counts and outbreaks reported are an underestimate of the number of individuals with COVID-19 and outbreaks in York Region and Ontario.


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