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

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.)

• 3,434 cases of COVID-19 
• 0 new cases since Oct. 18
• 1,531 variant cases, 6 (-7) active
  • 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
  • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
  • 98 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
  • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
  • 1,338 (+1) lineage not yet determined
• 12 (-1) active cases
• 1 (+0) institutional outbreak
  • Newmarket Health Centre LTC, 2 health-care workers
• 1 school in surveillance
  • Alexander Muir P.S., 1 student
• 1 workplace outbreak
• 0 more deaths, totalling 51
• 15 tests on Oct. 15, 0 positive (0.0% positivity) Update N/A

The Details 

• 1,256 (+1) household cases close contact, or 37%
• 287 (+0) non-household close contact, or 8%
• 1,060 (+1) cases community transmission, or 31%
• 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
• 45 (-2) cases under investigation, or 1%
• 57 (+0) cases school outbreak
• 47 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
• 282 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
• 876 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
• 593 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
• 539 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
• 450 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
• 265 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
• 258 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
• 206 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 141 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 106 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.)

• 57,166 confirmed cases o f COVID-19
• 17 new cases since Oct. 18
  • 11 unvaccinated, 0 partially vaccinated, 6 fully vaccinated
• 190 new cases in last 7 days, of which 54.9% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
• 22,172 variant cases, 78 active, 182 deaths
  • 981 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
  • 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
  • 4 (+0) B.1.617 
  • 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
  • 1,638 (+4) B.617.2 Delta
  • 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
  • 18,992 (+16) lineage not yet determined 
• 172 (-16) active cases
• 0 more deaths, totalling 769
• 1 active institutional outbreak
• 1 (-1) active workplace outbreaks

Active school and child care cases

• 5 (-3) school outbreaks: 31 (-10) students, 5 (+0) staff
  • Outbreaks closed Oct. 19 at: Carrville Mills Public School, Vaughan; Ramer Wood Public School, Markham; St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School, Markham
• 23 (+0) schools under surveillance: 23 (+0) students; 5 (+0) staff
• 3 (+0) child care outbreaks: 7 (+1) children, 4 (+2) staff

Recovery Measures 

• 27 (-4) 7-day average of new cases
• 20 (-2) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate) 
• 0.84 (-0.01)  7-day median reproductive number* 
• 183 tests on Oct. 15, 1 positive (0.5% positivity) Update N/A

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

• 1,184 doses administered, 436 newly vaccinated on Oct. 18 
• 76.3% residents with 1 dose; 73.6% with 2 doses
• residents 18+ 87.4% 1 dose, 84.4% 2 doses 
• residents 12+ 87.2% 1 dose, 84.0% 2 doses 

The Details  

• 20,556 (+7) cases, or 36%, household close contact
• 5,064 (+2) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
• 20,160 (+5) cases, or 35%, community transmission
• 4,171 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
• 686 (-3) cases, or 1%, under investigation
• 788 (+14) cases, or 1%, travel
• 1,083 (+3) cases, or 2%, school outbreak
• 4,472 (+1) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
• 15,214 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
• 9,586 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
• 8,383 (+4) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
• 7,810 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
• 4,786 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
• 4,433 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
• 3,408 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 2,236 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 1,300 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

• Vaughan 24,123 (+5) cases, 76 cases in last 7 days, 76 (-11) active
• Markham 13,158 (+4) cases, 35 ^ cases in last 7 days, 31 (-2) active
• Richmond Hill 8,170 (+3) cases, 33 ^ cases in last 7 days, 27 (+0) active
• Newmarket 3,434 (+0) cases, 12 cases in last 7 days, 12 (-1) active
• Aurora 2,049 (+1) cases, 8 cases in last 7 days, 7 (-1) active
• Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,628 (+0) cases, 7 cases in last 7 days, 5 (-1) active
• Georgina 1,371 (+0) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 3 (-1) active
• King 1,298 (+1) cases, 6 cases in last 7 days, 3 (-1) active
• East Gwillimbury 1,275 (+0) cases, 3 cases in last 7 days, 2 (+1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 20, for Oct. 19)

• 595,867 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
• 304 new cases since Oct. 18
  • 198 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 84 fully vaccinated, 12 unknown*
• Variant cases
  • 146,495 Alpha
  • 1,503 Beta 
  • 5,230 Gamma
  • 20,022 Delta
• 4 more deaths, totalling 9,823 
• 97.8% of cases resolved 
• 258 (-2) total hospitalized: 113 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 31 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
• 159 (+0) in ICU: 76 unvaccinated; 6 partially vaccinated; 23 fully vaccinated*
• 113 (+12) on a ventilator
• 31,569 more tests completed
• 1.3% 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 

• 107 new school cases since Oct. 18
• 3,899 total cases: 3,437 students, 397 staff, 66 N/A
• 592, 12.22%, schools with reported cases
• 28 new child care cases since Oct. 18
• 8,732 total cases: 5,458 children, 3,274 staff
• 123, 2.27%, centres with confirmed cases

Vaccinations

• 83% ages 12+ 2 doses; 88% one dose
• 73% all ages fully vaccinated