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

1 new case in Newmarket, school outbreak declared at Crossland, new surveillance at Clearmeadow; York Region confirms 30 new cases, outbreak grows to 23 cases at Schomberg school, as Rt drops below 1.0; Ontario reports 512 new cases, 12 more deaths and 4 school closures — 2 in York Region
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,519 cases of COVID-19 
  • 1 new case since Nov. 15
    • 1 unvaccinated, 0 vaccinated 
  • 27 (-6) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 52
  • 1,579 (+12) variant cases, 5 (-2) active
  • 2 (+1) school outbreaks: Crossland P.S., 3 students; Newmarket H.S., 3 students
  • 9 (-3) schools in surveillance
    • Clearmeadow P.S., 2 students
    • Mazo De La Roche P.S., 1 student
    • Sir William Mulock S.S., 1 student
    • Stonehaven P.S., 1 student, 1 staff
    • Denne P.S., 1 student
    • Poplar Bank P.S., 1 student
    • St. Nicholas C.E.S, 1 staff
    • Dr. John M. Denison S.S, 3 students, 1 staff
    • Huron Heights S.S., 2 students
  • 87.5% residents 12+ fully vaccinated
  • 8 tests Nov. 12, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)

The Details 

  • 1,290 (+0) household cases close contact, or 37%
  • 288 (+0) non-household close contact, or 8%
  • 1,087 (+0) cases community transmission, or 31%
  • 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 48 (+1) cases under investigation, or 1%
  • 66 (+0) cases school outbreak
  • 57 (+2) cases travel, or 1%
  • 284 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 893 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 605 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 554 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 462 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 281 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
  • 261 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 213 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 141 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 109 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m.)

  • 58,140 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 30 new cases since Nov. 15   
    • 16 unvaccinated, 0 partially vaccinated, 14 fully vaccinated
  • 221 (-18) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 775
  • 287 new cases in last 7 days, of which 40.6% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
  • 22,733 (+10) variant cases, 65 (-15) active, 184 deaths
  • 7 (+2) workplace outbreaks
    • 2 construction; 1 manufacturing; 2 restaurant, 1 service; 1 unknown

Active school and child care cases

  • 16 (+2) school outbreaks: 107 (+6) students, 3 (+0) staff
  • 2 (+0) school closed: Our Lady of Fatima C.E.S., Vaughan., 12 students; St. Patrick CES, Schomberg, 22 (+5) students, 1 staff
  • 45 (-1) schools under surveillance: 54 (-5) students; 7 (+1) staff
  • 1 (+0) child care outbreaks

Recovery Measures 

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

  • 716 doses administered, 255 newly vaccinated on Nov. 15 
  • 77.3% residents with 1 dose; 75.2% with 2 doses
  • residents 12+ 88.3% 1 dose, 85.9% 2 doses 

The Details  

  • 21,075 (+12) cases, or 36%, household close contact
  • 5,104 (+2) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
  • 20,392 (+1) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,189 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 713 (+5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 850 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 1,222 (+3) cases, or 2%, school outbreak
  • 4,510 (+3) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 15,383 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
  • 9,736 (+4) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 8,550 (+5) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,904 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,848 (+4) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 4,689 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
  • 3,454 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,253 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,323 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 24,547 (+13) cases, 107 ^ cases in last 7 days, 91 (-3) active
  • Markham 13,293 (+7) cases, 37 ^ cases in last 7 days, 29 (+0) active
  • Newmarket 3,519 (+1) cases, 36 cases in last 7 days, 27 (-6) active
  • King 1,361 (+4) cases, 30 cases in last 7 days, 21 (+1) active
  • Richmond Hill 8,289 (+0) cases, 28 cases in last 7 days, 21 (+4) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,242 (+2) cases, 16 ^ cases in last 7 days, 14 (+1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,661 (+2) cases, 10 ^ cases in last 7 days, 7 (-1) active
  • Aurora 2,081 (+0) cases, 11 cases in last 7 days, 8 (+0) active
  • Georgina 1,408 (+1) cases, 9 ^ cases in last 7 days, 4 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 17, for Nov. 16)

  • 608,718 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 512 new cases since Nov. 15
    • 236 unvaccinated; 18 partially vaccinated; 189 fully vaccinated, 38 unknown* 
  • 12 more deaths, totalling 9,950
  • 97.6% of cases resolved 
  • 274 total hospitalized: 102 unvaccinated; 17 partially vaccinated; 73 fully vaccinated*
  • 133 in ICU: 63 unvaccinated; 4 partially vaccinated; 19 fully vaccinated* (9 patients from Sask.)
  • 77 on a ventilator
  • *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information. 

Cases in school, child care centres 

  • 128 new school cases since Nov. 15 
  • 5,992 total cases: 5,304 students, 586 staff, 102 N/A
  • 558, 11.52%, schools with reported cases (4 closed)
  • 27 new child care cases since Nov. 15
  • 9,024 total cases: 5,694 children, 3,330 staff
  • 114, 2.20%, centres with confirmed cases (13 closed)

Vaccinations

  • 85% ages 12+ 2 doses, 3% one dose, totalling 89%
  • 75% all ages 2 doses + 3% one dose, totalling 78%  

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