Newmarket (reported Friday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,352 cases of COVID-19
- 6 new cases since Sept. 15
- 1,468 variant cases, 19 active
- 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
- 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 84 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
- 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 1,289 (+4) lineage not yet determined
- 3,273 (+5) cases resolved
- 28 (+0) active cases
- 5 (+1) schools in surveillance, 8 (+1) cases
- Huron Heights Secondary School, 1 student
- Sacred Heart Catholic H.S., 1 student
- Pickering College, 1 student; 2 staff
- Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School, 1 staff
- Alexander Muir Public School, 2 students
- 0 more deaths, totalling 51
- 211 tests on Sept. 15, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)
The Details
- 1,500 (+4) cases close contact, or 45%
- 1,031 (+1) cases community transmission, or 31%
- 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
- 47 (+1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 51 (+0) cases school-related
- 43 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 280 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 855 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 579 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 527 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 436 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 259 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
- 252 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 200 (-1) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 140 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 104 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Friday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m.)
- 55,823 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 87 new cases since Sept. 16
- 452 ^ new cases in last 7 days, of which 59.1% are unvaccinated (ages 12+)
- 21,299 variant cases, 180 active, 172 deaths
- 979 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha
- 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 4 (+0) B.1.617
- 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
- 1,401 (+16) B.617.2 Delta
- 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 18,358 (+60) lineage not yet determined
- 54,642 cases resolved
- 423 (+33) active cases
- 3 more deaths, totalling 759
- A 78-year-old Whitchurch-Stouffville man passed away Sept. 10 at Markham Stouffville Hospital (Exposure close contact)
- A 79-year-old Vaughan man passed away Sept. 8 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure close contact)
- A 66-year-old Vaughan man passed away Sept. 7 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure close contact)
- 330 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active
- 622 (+0) workplace outbreaks; 5 (+0) active; 5,194 (+0) cases
Active school and child care cases
- 28 (+1) schools under surveillance: 31 (+5) students; 7 (+1) staff
- 1 (+0) child care outbreaks: 4 (+0) children
Recovery Measures
- 66 (+2) 7-day average of new cases
- 36 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 0.87 (+0.01) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 2,496 tests on Sept. 15, 65 positive (2.6% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)
- 1,686 doses administered, 636 newly vaccinated on Sept. 16
- 895,599 or 74.5%, residents with 1 dose
- 844,536 or 70.3%, residents with 2 doses
- residents 18+ 85.4% 1 dose, 81.1% 2 doses
- residents 12+ 85.1% 1 dose, 80.3% 2 doses
The details
- 25,075 (+39) cases, or 45%, close contact
- 19,752 (+25) cases, or 35%, community transmission
- 4,150 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
- 673 (+5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 694 (+5) cases, or 1%, travel
- 963 (+7) school-related (2%)
- 4,427 (+4) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 14,888 (+24) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
- 9,416 (+11) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 8,199 (+9) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,651 (+11) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,664 (+8) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 4,200 (+13) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 3,344 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,205 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,256 (+4) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 23,355 (+35) cases, 218 ^ cases in last 7 days, 218 (+22) active
- Markham 12,941 (+20) cases, 79 ^ cases in last 7 days, 71 (+12) active
- Richmond Hill 7,992 (+10) cases, 62 ^ cases in last 7 days, 54 (-1) active
- Newmarket 3,352 (+6) cases, 23 cases in last 7 days, 28 (+0) active
- Aurora 2,002 (+5) cases, 23 cases in last 7 days, 24 (+4) active
- King 1,254 (+0) cases, 13 cases in last 7 days, 10 (-3) active
- Georgina 1,331 (+7) cases, 10 ^ cases in last 7 days, 8 (+4) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,589 (+1) cases, 6 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (-1) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,185 (+0) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 6 (-1) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, for Sept. 17)
- 578,869 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 821 new cases since Sept. 15
- 489 unvaccinated; 61 partially vaccinated; 200 fully vaccinated, 71 unknown*
- Variant cases
- 146,453 (+1) Alpha
- 1,502 Beta
- 5,229 (+2) Gamma
- 16,705 (+619) Delta
- 10 more deaths, totalling 9,647
- 97.2% of cases resolved
- 329 (-7) total hospitalized: 133 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 34 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
- 185 (-9) in ICU: 115 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 11 fully vaccinated*
- 126 (-7) on a ventilator
- 30,716 more tests completed
- 2.5% 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 Update N/A
- 121 new school cases since Sept. 15
- 632 total cases: 526 students, 82 staff, 24 N/A
- 396, 8.18%, schools with reported cases
- 16 new child care cases since Sept. 16
- 8,230 total cases: 5,060 children, 3,170 staff
- 113, 2.09%, centres with confirmed cases
Vaccines
- 39,210 daily doses administered on Sept. 17
- 10,280,570 people fully vaccinated
