Newmarket (reported Monday, March 15 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,701 cases of COVID-19
- 1 more case since March 14
- 79 (+6) variant cases
- 12 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 8 close contact, 3 local transmission, 1 workplace
- 67 (+6) lineage not yet determined (19 active); 37 close contact, 19 local transmission, 9 workplace, 1 institutional outbreak
- 1,602 (+7) cases resolved (95%)
- 58 (-7) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 41
- 4 (+0) hospitalized, 0 in ICU
- 2 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #2 declared March 11 at The Roxborough Retirement Residence, Newmarket (1 staff)
- Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village (2 resident, 9 (+1) health-care workers)
- 2 (+0) school surveillances
- Surveillance #3 declared March 5 at Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (1 student)
- Surveillance #3 declared March 1 at Rogers Public School (1 student)
- 60 (-9) new cases in last 7 days
- 202 tests on March 13, 10 positive (5.0% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 800 (+6) cases close contact, or 47%reports
- 420 (-1) cases community transmission, or 25%
- 319 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 19%
- 8 (-6) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 42 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
- 100 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 420 (-1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 299 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
- 257 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 219 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 152 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 120 (+0) cases age 80+, or 7%
- 110 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 85 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 39 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Monday, March 15 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 30,553 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 115 new cases since March 14
- 1,333 (+91) variant cases
- 250 (+12) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 1,083 (+79) lineage not yet determined
- 29,013 (+123) cases resolved (95%)
- 996 (-9) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 544
- 140 (-2) cases are hospitalized, 18 (-1) patients in ICU
- 406 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 17 (+3) active, 3,293 (+6) cases
Recovery Measures
- 942 (+11) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 71 (+3) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 9 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 1.08 (+0.01) 7-day median reproductive number
- 2,556 tests on March 13, 106 positive (4.1% positivity)
Vaccinations
- 88,631 (+656) total doses
- 33,553 (+453) doses 80 and older
- 62.8% (+1.0%) proportion of ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 68 (+0) school outbreaks, 8 (+1) active
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 3 students)
- Thornhill Public School (1 student, 2 staff)
- Ellen Fairclough Public School, Markham (4 students, 1 staff)
- E.J. Sand Public School, Vaughan (2 students)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 3 students)
- Woodbridge College High School, Vaughan (closed, 11 students, 14 staff)
- Mount Albert Public School, East Gwillimbury (closed, 2 students)
- Northern Lights Public School, Aurora (closed, 2 students, 1 staff)
- 460 (+0) school surveillances, 55 (_1) active
- 61 (+0) child care outbreaks, 2 (+0) active
- 1,299 (-4) total school and child care cases
- 899 (+4) student/children cases
- 400 (-8) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 276 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 20 (-1) active
- 58-day outbreak #2 closed March 15 at Four Elms Retirement Home, Vaughan (3 deaths, 16 residents, 7 staff)
Nitty Gritty
- 15,779 (+82) cases, or 52%, close contact
- 8,973 (+33) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,111 (+2) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
- 293 (-21) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 485 (+1) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,730 (+16) cases, or 6%, workplace outbreak
- 7,936 (+30) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,207 (+16) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,586 (+16) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,284 (+27) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,806 (+5) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,875 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,747 (+2) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,568 (+10) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 544 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,897 (+54) cases, 433 (+11) active
- Markham 7,876 (+17) cases, 179 (-12) active
- Richmond Hill 4,091 (+29) cases, 177 (+2) active
- Newmarket 1,701 (+4) cases, 58 (-7) active
- Aurora 1,014 (+3) cases, 43 (-3) active
- East Gwillimbury 665 (+5) cases, 31 (+0) active
- Georgina 716 (+4) cases, 28 (+2) active
- King 684 (+1) cases, 23 (-2) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 850 (+1) cases, 23 (+0) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 16, for March 15)
- 320,448 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,074 new cases since March 14
- 1,211 variant cases
- 1,131 (+25) U.K. variant
- 46 (+2) South African variant
- 34 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 11 more deaths, totalling 7,173
- 300,769 resolved 93.9% of cases
- 761 (+62) cases are hospitalized; 292 (-6) in ICU; 194 (+7) on ventilators
- 28,526 more tests completed, with 27,448 awaiting results
- 4.5% positivity March 15
Vaccines
- 51,579 daily doses administered March 15
- 1,243,132 total doses
- 288,918 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 7,578 (+40) cases ages 4 to 8
- 10,110 (+61) cases ages 9 to 13
- 10,370 (+47) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,329 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 71 (-3) active
- 791 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 50 (-2) active
- 434 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 28 (-1) active
- 3,881 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,987 (+3) cases are long-term care residents
