Newmarket (reported Thursday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,407 cases of COVID-19
- 2 new cases since Oct. 6
- 1,512 variant cases, 11 active
- 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
- 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 95 (+1) B.1.617.2 Delta
- 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 1,322 (+2) lineage not yet determined
- 11 (+0) active cases
- 2 (+0) schools in outbreak, 7 cases:
- Dr. J.M. Denison S.S., 3 students, 1 staff
- Huron Heights S.S., 3 students
- 6 (+0) schools in surveillance, 6 (-1) cases
- Alexander Muir P.S., 1 student
- Crossland P.S., 1 student
- Newmarket H.S., 1 (-1) students
- Sir William Mulock S.S., 1 staff
- Stonehaven E.S., 1 student
- Prince Charles P.S., 1 student
- 1 (+0) workplace outbreak
- 0 more deaths, totalling 51
- 149 tests on Oct. 5, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)
The Details
- 1,242 (+0) household cases close contact, or 37%
- 288 (+0) non-household close contact, or 8%
- 1,048 (+1) cases community transmission, or 31%
- 393 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
- 46 (+0) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 58 (+1) cases school outbreak
- 45 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 282 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 872 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 589 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 533 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 442 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 264 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
- 256 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 205 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 141 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 105 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Thursday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.)
- 56,737 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 41 new cases since Oct. 6
- 280 new cases in last 7 days, of which 48.3% are unvaccinated (ages 12+)
- 21,875 variant cases, 84 active, 181 deaths
- 980 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha
- 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 4 (+0) B.1.617
- 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
- 1,557 (+7) B.617.2 Delta
- 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 18,777 (+9) lineage not yet determined
- 233 (-17) active cases
- 1 more death, totalling 768
- A 76-year-old Vaughan man passed away Oct. 5 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure close contact, symptom onset Sept. 8)
- 0 active institutional outbreaks
- 3 (+0) active workplace outbreaks
Active school and child care cases
- 9 (+0) school outbreaks: 29 (+2) students, 5 (+0) staff
- 33 (-1) schools under surveillance: 40 (-3) students; 7 (-1) staff
- 0 child care outbreaks
Recovery Measures
- 40 (-3) 7-day average of new cases
- 23 (-1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 0.88 (-0.08) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 1,350 tests on Oct. 5, 13 positive (1.0% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)
- 1,565 doses administered, 586 newly vaccinated on Oct. 6
- 75.7% residents with 1 dose; 72.5% with 2 doses
- residents 18+ 86.8% 1 dose, 83.4% 2 doses
- residents 12+ 86.5% 1 dose, 82.8% 2 doses
The Details
- 20,471 (+11) cases, or 36%, household close contact
- 5,051 (+11) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
- 20,041 (+21) cases, or 35%, community transmission
- 4,164 (+1) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
- 677 (+5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 758 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
- 1,043 (+1) school outbreak (2%)
- 4,456 (-2) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 15,132 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
- 9,524 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 8,334 (+5) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,756 (+7) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,749 (+4) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 4,347 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 3,392 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,226 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,277 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 23,904 (+14) cases, 117 cases in last 7 days, 100 (-16) active
- Markham 13,092 (+6) cases, 37 cases in last 7 days, 32 (-2) active
- Richmond Hill 8,109 (+4) cases, 44 cases in last 7 days, 29 (-6) active
- Aurora 2,038 (+4) cases, 20 cases in last 7 days, 17 (+2) active
- Newmarket 3,407 (+2) cases, 13 cases in last 7 days, 11 (+0) active
- Georgina 1,357 (+3) cases, 12 ^ cases in last 7 days, 11 (+2) active
- King 1,287 (+5) cases, 13 ^ cases in last 7 days, 11 (+2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,617 (+1) cases, 7 cases in last 7 days, 7 (+0) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,199 (+0) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 2 (-2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 8, for Oct. 7)
- 590,677 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 573 new cases since Oct. 6
- 300 unvaccinated; 33 partially vaccinated; 192 fully vaccinated, 48 unknown*
- Variant cases
- 146,485 Alpha
- 1,503 Beta
- 5,229 Gamma
- 19,080 (+101) Delta
- 10 more deaths, totalling 9,786
- 97.6% of cases resolved
- 271 (-8) total hospitalized: 107 unvaccinated; 13 partially vaccinated; 43 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
- 154 (+6) in ICU: 73 unvaccinated; 11 partially vaccinated; 15 fully vaccinated*
- 97 (-4) on a ventilator
- 37,118 more tests completed
- 1.7% 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
- 126 new school cases since Oct. 6
- 2,975 total cases: 2,609 students, 309 staff, 57 N/A
- 775, 15.98%, schools with reported cases
- 17 new child care cases since Oct.
- 8,572 total cases: 5,330 children, 3,242 staff
- 121, 2.24%, centres with confirmed cases
Vaccines
- 30,575 daily doses administered on Oct. 7
- 86.8% ages 12+ 1 dose; 81.9% two doses
