Newmarket (reported Sunday, March 21 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,761 cases of COVID-19
- 6 mores case since March 20
- 106 (+0) variant cases
- 15 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 10 close contact, 3 local transmission, 2 workplace
- 91 (+0) lineage not yet determined (34 active); 47 close contact, 31 local transmission, 11 workplace, 1 institutional outbreak
- 1,641 (+7) cases resolved (93%)
- 72 (-1) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 41
- 0 (-5) 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 residents, 11 health-care workers)
- 1 (+0) school surveillances
- Surveillance #3 declared March 5 at Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (closed, 1 student, 1 staff)
- 61 (-7) new cases in last 7 days
- 45 tests on March 19, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 823 (+5) cases close contact, or 47%
- 443 (+6) cases community transmission, or 25%
- 321 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 18%
- 15 (-6) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 42 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
- 105 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 433 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 309 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
- 272 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 231 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 155 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 122 (+1) cases age 80+, or 7%
- 112 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 86 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 41 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Sunday, March 21 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 31,487 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 158 new cases since March 20
- 1,876 (+99) variant cases
- 288 (+8) B.1.1.7 U.K. (3 active)
- 1 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
- 5 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active)
- 1,582 (+91) lineage not yet determined (582 active)
- 29,834 (+116) cases resolved (95%)
- 1,104 (+48) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 549*
- *Fatality #543 has been deducted. The province has changed the associated health unit to Public Health Ontario as the individual was a visitor from Iran.
- 24 (+0) cases are hospitalized, 5 (-1) patients in ICU
- 415 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 21 (+2) active, 3,312 (-17) cases
Recovery Measures
- 1,063 (+13) new cases reported in last 7 days
- 83 (+1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 18 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
- 1.04 (+0.00) 7-day median reproductive number
- 598 tests on March 19, 12 positive (2.0% positivity)
Vaccinations
- 104, 979 (-19) total doses March 19 (Data has not been updated due to a technical issue with the provincial COVax system.)
- 40,335 (+0) doses 80 and older
- 77.9% (+0.0%) proportion of ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 76 (+0) school outbreaks, 14 (+0) active
- Lorna Jackson Public School (closed, 3 students, 1 staff)
- Rosedale Heights Public School (5 students)
- Unionville Montessori School (2 students, 2 staff)
- Silver Pines Public School (1 student, 2 staff)
- Maple High School, Vaughan (3 students, 2 staff)
- Markham Gateway Public School, Markham (2 staff)
- Johnny Lombardi Public School, Vaughan (1 student, 2 staff)
- Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (5 students, 2 staff)
- St. Margaret Mary Catholic Elementary School, Woodbridge (2 students, 1 staff)
- 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)
- Woodbridge College High School, Vaughan (closed, 13 students, 16 staff )
- 475 (+4) school surveillances, 47 (+4) active
- 64 (+1) child care outbreaks, 5 (+1) active
- 1,379 (+12) total school and child care cases
- 959 (+10) student/children cases
- 420 (+2) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 281 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 20 (+0) active
Nitty Gritty
- 16,236 (+88) cases, or 52%, close contact
- 9,218 (+41) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,157 (+9) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
- 378 (-8) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 493 (+0) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,823 (+15) cases, or 6%, workplace outbreak
- 8,166 (+35) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 5,379 (+31) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,714 (+25) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,420 (+20) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,888 (+13) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,947 (+10) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,775 (+5) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,628 (+10) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 570 (+4) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 13,263 (+59) cases, 447 (+14) active
- Markham 8,050 (+37) cases, 203 (+12) active
- Richmond Hill 4,247 (+26) cases, 185 (+2) active
- Newmarket 1,761 (+6) cases, 72 (-1) active
- Georgina 764 (+9) cases, 55 (+3) active
- Aurora 1,058 (+3) cases, 50 (-3) active
- King 720 (+7) cases, 37 (+5) active
- East Gwillimbury 693 (+7) cases, 29 (+1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 873 (+4) cases, 27 (+1) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 22, for March 21)
- 330,573 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,600 new cases since March 20
- 1,424 variant cases
- 1,340 (+53) U.K. variant
- 48 (+1) South African variant
- 36 (+0) Brazilian variant
- 3 more deaths, totalling 7,244
- 308,578 resolved 93.3% of cases
- 813 (+53) cases are hospitalized; 298 (-7) in ICU; 186 (+0) on ventilators (data not reported from about 10% of hospitals)
- 31,089 more tests completed, with 14,407 awaiting results
- 5.4% positivity March 21
Vaccines
- 31,335 daily doses administered March 21
- 1,553,040 total doses
- 299,297 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 8,034 (+70) cases ages 4 to 8
- 10,621 (+76) cases ages 9 to 13
- 10,820 (+73) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,351 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 67 (+5) active
- 801 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 39 (-4) active
- 447 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 35 (+3) active
- 3,891 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
- 15,009 (+4) cases are long-term care residents
