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

Newmarket (reported Wednesday, April 7 at 5 p.m.)

2,041 cases of COVID-19
21 mores case since April 6
259 (+11) variant cases
- 32 (+1) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 24 close contact, 5 local transmission, 3 workplace
- 1 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active); workplace
- 226 (+11) lineage not yet determined (45 active, 1 ICU, 3 hospitalized, 2 deceased); 106 close contact, 84 local transmission, 29 workplace, 3 institutional outbreak)
1,863 (+19) cases resolved (92%)
135 (+4) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 43
4 (+0) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 1 in ICU
5 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #8 declared April 7 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients)
- Outbreak #7 declared April 6 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients)
- Outbreak #2 declared at CBI Group Home community living (1 staff)
- Outbreak #3 declared April 1 at Eagle Terrace Long-Term Care Home (3 (+1) health-care workers)
- Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village (2 residents, 12 health-care workers)
1 (+1) school outbreak
- Outbreak declared April 7 at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School (closed, 1 (+1) staff)
4 (-3, 1 moved to outbreak) school surveillances
- Surveillance declared April 1 at Glen Cedar Public School (1 student)
- Surveillance declared March 30 at Sir William Mulock Secondary School (1 student)
- Surveillance declared March 30 at Terry Fox Public School (2 students)
- Surveillance declared March 30 at Clearmeadow Public School (1 student)
233 tests on April 5, 24 positive (10.3% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

949 (+12) cases close contact, or 46%
523 (+5) cases community transmission, or 26%
326 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 16%
51 (+1) cases under investigation, or 2%
43 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
136 (+5) cases workplace outbreak, or 7%
505 (+6) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
346 (+6) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
332 (+4) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
282 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
171 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
130 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
127 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
101 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
47 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Wednesday, April 7 at 5 p.m.) in stay at home order, state of emergency

36,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19
345 new cases since April 6
3,975 variant cases, 943 active, 19 deaths
- 491 (+24) B.1.1.7 U.K. (2 active, 3 deaths)
- 2 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
- 15 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active, 1 death)
- 3,467 (+101) lineage not yet determined (902 active, 15 deaths, 31 hospitalized, 8 in ICU)
33,166 cases resolved (92%)
2,509 (+56) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 564
44 (-3) cases are hospitalized, 8 (+0) patients in ICU
436 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 19 (-1) active, 3,531 (+19) cases

Recovery Measures

340 (+18) 7-day average of new cases
175 (+8) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
37 (+3) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.10 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number
3,430 tests on April 5, 625 positive (18.2% positivity)

Vaccinations

214,872 total doses
192,653 residents with 1 dose
83.4% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
78.3.% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
66.0% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
36.5% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

98 (+2) school outbreaks, 22 (-1) active
- St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School, Newmarket (closed, 2 staff)
- Holy Name Catholic School, King (closed, 2 students, 1 staff)
- Pine Grove Public School, Vaughan (closed, 3 (+2) student, 2 (+1) staff)
- Barbara Reid Public School, Whitchurch-Stouffville (4 students)
- Viola Desmond Public School, Vaughan (closed, 4 (+1) students)
- Corpus Christi Catholic School, Richmond Hill (2 students)
- St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (closed, 5 students, 1 staff)
- Father Henri JM Nouwen Catholic Elementary School, Richmond Hill (1 student, 2 staff)
- King Heights Academy, Vaughan (closed, 7 (+3) students, 2 staff)
- St. Agnes of Assisi Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (closed, 3 students)
- Somerset Academy, Markham (closed, 1 student, 1 staff)
- Pierre Berton Public School, Vaughan (10 (+1) students, 2 staff)
- Henderson Avenue Public School, Vaughan (4 students, 4 staff)
- Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School, Aurora (closed, 1 student, 2 staff)
- Kleinburg Public School, Vaughan (5 students, 1 staff)
- Anne Frank Public School, Vaughan (closed, 2 students, 2 staff)
- Franklin Street Public School, Markham (closed, 4 (+2) students, 2 (+1) staff)
- Bayview Fairways Public School, Markham (closed, 2 staff)
- Willowbrook Public School, Thornhill (2 students)
- Wilshire Elementary School, Thornhill (closed, 6 students)
- Unionville Montessori School, Markham (5 students, 3 staff)
- Silver Pines Public School, Richmond Hill (4 students, 3 staff)
604 (+5) school surveillances, 103 (-12) active
69 (+0) child care outbreaks, 6 (+0) active
1,766 (+40) total school and child care cases
1,253 (+30) student/children cases
513 (+10) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

293 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 19 (+1) active
- Outbreak #8 declared April 7 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (3 patients)

Nitty Gritty

18,282 (+146) cases, or 51%, close contact
10,687 (+115) cases, or 29%, community transmission
3,242 (+5) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
1,087 (+24) cases, or 1%, under investigation
512 (+2) cases, or 2%, travel
2,238 (+39) cases, or 6%, workplace outbreak
9,357 (+111) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
6,214 (+70) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
5,304 (+47) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
5,138 (+66) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
3,273 (+46) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
2,418 (+40) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
1,984 (+41) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
1,887 (+7) cases age 80+, or 5%
672 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 15,332 (+157) cases, 1,129 (+13) active
Markham 9,029 (+83) cases, 491 (+2) active
Richmond Hill 5,041 (+60) cases, 390 (+10) active
Newmarket 2,041 (+21) cases, 135 (+4) active
Aurora 1,226 (+21) cases, 100 (+8) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,011 (+19) cases, 86 (+13) active
Georgina 886 (+11) cases, 65 (+1) active
King 825 (+10) cases, 55 (+0) active
East Gwillimbury 790 (+12) cases, 55 (+5) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 8, for April 7)

374,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19
3,295 new cases since April 6
9,838 (+7,355) variant cases
- 9,632 U.K. variant
- 75 South African variant
- 131 Brazilian variant
19 more deaths, totalling 7,494
338,559 resolved 90.5% of cases
1,417 (+20) cases are hospitalized; 525 (+21) in ICU; 331 (+20) on a ventilator
63,846 more tests completed, with 42,404 awaiting results
6.7% positivity April 6