Some York Region Public Health data is cumulative from Friday, Oct. 1 as the public dashboard is not updated on weekends and holidays.
Newmarket (reported Monday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,402 cases of COVID-19
- 2 new cases since Oct. 3 (3 cases Oct. 3, 2 cases Oct. 2, 1 case Oct. 1)
- 1,508 variant cases, 11 active
- 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
- 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
- 94 (+1) B.1.617.2 Delta
- 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 1,319 (+8) lineage not yet determined
- 3,334 cases resolved
- 17 (-3) active cases
- 1 (+0) school in outbreak:
- Dr. J.M. Denison S.S., 3 (+1) students, 1 staff
- Outbreak resolved at Meadowbrook P.S., 2 students
- 6 (+2) schools in surveillance, 7(+0) cases
- Crossland P.S., 1 student
- Newmarket H.S., 1 student
- Sir William Mulock S.S., 1 staff
- Stonehaven E.S., 1 student
- Prince Charles P.S., 1 student
- Huron Heights S.S., 2 students
- 1 (+1) workplace outbreak
- 0 more deaths, totalling 51
- 9 tests on Oct. 1, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)
The Details
- 1,242 (+5) household cases close contact, or 37%
- 287 (+2) non-household close contact, or 8%
- 1,044 (+4) cases community transmission, or 31%
- 393 (-2) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
- 46 (-2) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 56 (+3) cases school outbreak
- 45 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 282 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 871 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 589 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 533 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 441 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 263 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
- 256 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 204 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 140 (-1) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 105 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Monday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.)
- 56,616 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 33 new cases since Oct. 3 (39 cases Oct. 3, 40 cases Oct. 2, 41 cases Oct. 1)
- 296 new cases in last 7 days, of which 50.0% are unvaccinated (ages 12+)
- 21,813 variant cases, 92 active, 179 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
- 1,549 (+18) B.617.2 Delta
- 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
- 18,643 (+81) lineage not yet determined
- 55,611 cases resolved
- 239 (-6) active cases
- 3 more deaths, totalling 766 (reported Oct. 1)
- A 74-year-old Markham man passed away Sept. 27 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure close contact, onset of symptoms Sept. 5)
- A 79-year-old Vaughan man passed away Sept. 26 at Mackenzie Health, Richmond Hill (Exposure unknown, onset of symptoms Sept. 9)
- A 96-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Sept. 29 at at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Exposure unknown, onset of symptoms Sept. 12)
- 0 active institutional outbreaks
- 3 (+0) active workplace outbreaks
Active school and child care cases
- 9 (+2) school outbreaks: 28 (+2) students, 3 (+2) staff
- 34 (-8) schools under surveillance: 43 (-7) students; 6 (-3) staff
- 0 (-1) child care outbreaks
Recovery Measures
- 42 (-1) 7-day average of new cases
- 24 (-6) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 0.85 (+0.02) 7-day median reproductive number*
- 88 tests on Oct. 1, 3 positive (3.4% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)
- 1,333 doses administered, 456 newly vaccinated on Oct. 3
- 75.6%, residents with 1 dose
- 72.2%, residents with 2 doses
- residents 18+ 86.6% 1 dose, 83.1% 2 doses
- residents 12+ 86.3% 1 dose, 82.5% 2 doses
The Details
- 20,351 (+77) cases, or 36%, household close contact
- 5,037 (+18) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
- 19,942 (+61) cases, or 35%, community transmission
- 4,155 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
- 672 (+2) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 748 (+19) cases, or 1%, travel
- 1,031 (+27) school outbreak (2%)
- 4,456 (+7) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 15,105 (+56) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
- 9,496 (+25) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 8,322 (+27) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,741 (+26) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,737 (+23) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 4,330 (+36) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 3,387 (+10) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,222 (+7) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,276 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 23,845 (+11) cases, 125 cases in last 7 days, 98 (-38) active
- Richmond Hill 8,099 (+4) cases, 50 ^ cases in last 7 days, 41 (+13) active
- Markham 13,078 (+8) cases, 42 ^ cases in last 7 days, 34 (-4) active
- Newmarket 3,402 (+2) cases, 22 cases in last 7 days, 17 (-3) active
- Aurora 2,028 (+2) cases, 18 ^ cases in last 7 days, 14 (+4) active
- King 1,282 (+1) cases, 8 cases in last 7 days, 7 (-3) active
- Georgina 1,350 (+3) cases, 8 cases in last 7 days, 6 (+0) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,614 (+0) cases, 7 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (+0) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,195 (+0) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 4 (+0) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 5, for Oct. 4)
- 589,041 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 429 new cases since Oct. 3
- 233 unvaccinated; 27 partially vaccinated; 128 fully vaccinated, 41 unknown*
- Variant cases
- 146,477 Alpha
- 1,503 Beta
- 5,229 Gamma
- 18,897 Delta
- 4 more deaths, totalling 9,757 (1 death was removed from the cumulative total due to data cleaning)
- 97.5% of cases resolved
- 277 total hospitalized: 101 unvaccinated; 8 partially vaccinated; 41 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
- 155 in ICU: 75 unvaccinated; 8 partially vaccinated; 8 fully vaccinated*
- 101 on a ventilator
- 25,441 more tests completed
- 1.8% 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
- 250 new school cases since Oct. 3
- 2,665 total cases: 2,329 students, 279 staff, 57 N/A
- 796, 16.43%, schools with reported cases
- 21 new child care cases since Oct. 3
- 8,521 total cases: 5,291 children, 3,230 staff
- 144, 2.66%, centres with confirmed cases
Vaccines
- 26,472 daily doses administered on Oct. 4
- 86.6% ages 12+ 1 dose; 81.5% two doses
