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

Cases spike by 14 and 17 in last 2 days in Newmarket, 16 more variant cases, positivity rate rises to 6.8%; cases jump by 256 and 232 over last 2 days in York Region, 648 variant cases are active, incidence rate returns to Feb. 4 level of 94 cases per 100K population; Ontario reports 2,169 cases, 12 more deaths, as hospitalizations continue to rise
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Complete data for Wednesday, March 24 is not available due to technical issues on the York Region dashboard.

Newmarket (reported Thursday, March 25 at 5 p.m.)

  • 1,810 cases of COVID-19 
  • 14 mores case since March 24, 17 more cases since March 23
  • 138 (+16) variant cases
    • 17 (+2) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 10 close contact, 3 local transmission, 2  workplace
    • 121 (+14) lineage not yet determined (48 active); 61 close contact, 41 local transmission, 14 workplace, 1 institutional outbreak
  • 1,691 (+16) cases resolved (93%)
  • 77 (+4) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 42
  • 0 (+0) hospitalized, 0 in ICU
  • 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
  • 2 (-1) school surveillances
    • Surveillance #3 declared March 23 at Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School (1 staff)
    • Surveillance #3 declared March 23 at Prince Charles Public School (1 student)
  • 1 (+0) workplace outbreak
  • 72 (+3) new cases in last 7 days
  • 147 tests on March 22, 10 positive (6.8% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty (*all increases over 2 days)

  • 852 (+18) cases close contact, or 47%
  • 455 (+5) cases community transmission, or 25%
  • 321 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 18%
  • 20 (+5) cases under investigation, or 1%
  • 42 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
  • 108 (+3) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
  • 444 (+7) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 312 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
  • 284 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
  • 242 (+8) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 156 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 125 (+2) cases age 80+, or 7%
  • 115 (+3) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 89 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 43 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Thursday, March 25 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone

  • 32,284 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 256 new cases since March 24, 232 new cases since March 23
  • 2,318 variant cases
    • 315 (-13) B.1.1.7 U.K. (1 active)
    • 2 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
    • 11 (+3) P.1 Brazil (0 active)
    • 1,990 (+217) lineage not yet determined (647 active)
  • 30,415 (+285) cases resolved (94%)
  • 1,318 (+177) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 551
  • 24 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 6 (+1) patients in ICU 
  • 420 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 18 (-5) active, 3,350 (+17) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccinations 

  • 123,076 total doses
  • 43,269 doses 80 and older
  • 77% proportion of ages 80+ with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 80 (+4) school outbreaks, 11 (+0) active
    • Bayview Fairways Public School, Markham (closed, 2 staff)
    • St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School, Thornhill (2 students)
    • Willowbrook Public School, Thornhill (2 students)
    • Wilshire Elementary School, Thornhill (2 students)
    • Lorna Jackson Public School, Vaughan (3 students, 1 staff)
    • Rosedale Heights Public School, Thornhill (closed, 5 students)
    • Unionville Montessori School, Markham (2 students, 2 staff)
    • Silver Pines Public School, Richmond Hill (2 (+1) students, 2 staff)
    • Maple High School, Vaughan (3 students, 2 staff)
    • Markham Gateway Public School, Markham (2 staff)
    • Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School, East Gwillimbury (5 students, 2 staff)
  • 508 (+9) school surveillances, 67 (-1) active
  • 64 (+0) child care outbreaks, 4 (+0) active
  • 1,448 (+32) total school and child care cases
  • 1,007 (+23) student/children cases
  • 441 (+10) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 282 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 15 (-1) active
    • 21-day outbreak closed March 25 at Sunrise of Thornhill retirement home, Vaughan (3 staff)

Nitty Gritty (*all increases over 2 days)

  • 16,618 (+202*) cases, or 51%, close contact
  • 9,474 (+136) cases, or 29%, community transmission
  • 3,168 (+8) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
  • 456 (+121) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 499 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
  • 1,887 (+42) cases, or 6%, workplace outbreak
  • 8,356 (+110) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 5,508 (+72) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 4,836 (+78) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 4,4539 (+73) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 2,949 (+41) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,022 (+47) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 1,795 (+14) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 1,675 (+25) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 604 (+20) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 13,588 (+100) cases, 445 (+105) active
  • Markham 8,237 (+62) cases, 288 (+54) active
  • Richmond Hill 4,403 (+59) cases, 243 (+35) active
  • Newmarket 1,810 (+14) cases, 77 (+4) active
  • Georgina 784 (+7) cases, 57 (-1) active
  • Aurora 1,078 (+5) cases, 38 (-6) active
  • King 737 (+5) cases, 30 (+1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 890 (+4) cases, 27 (-1) active
  • East Gwillimbury 698 (+0) cases, 18 (-8) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 26, for March 25)

  • 338,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,169 new cases since March 24
  • 1,612 variant cases
    • 1,494 U.K. variant
    • 60 South African variant
    • 58 Brazilian variant
  • 12 more deaths, totalling 7,292
  • 314,384 resolved 92.9% of cases
  • 913 (+20) cases are hospitalized; 359 (+27) in ICU; 215 (+5) on ventilators
  • 53,436 more tests completed, with 37,364 awaiting results
  • 3.8% positivity March 25

Vaccines

  • 82,996 daily doses administered March 25
  • 1,838,592 total doses
  • 306.373 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in children, youth

  • 8,409 (+110) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 11,031 (+128) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 11,134 (+90) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,358 (+4) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 61 (+1) active
  • 812 (+3) outbreaks at retirement homes, 38 (-2) active
  • 451 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 34 active
  • 3,892 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,021 (+4) cases are long-term care residents

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