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

10 more cases in Newmarket, positivity rises to 6%; York Region confirms 469 new cases, incidence rate reaches highest level of pandemic, school outbreaks jump by 8, as seven-day new hospitalizations drop; Ontario reports 4,456 new cases — another single-day record — 21 more deaths, as ICU patients surpass 600 for first time
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Newmarket (reported Saturday, April 10 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,095 cases of COVID-19 
  • 10 mores case since April 9
  • 306 (+13) variant cases
    • 33 (+1) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 25 close contact, 5 local transmission, 3 workplace
    • 1 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active); workplace
    • 272 (+12) lineage not yet determined (55 active, 1 ICU, 1 hospitalized, 2 deceased); 132 close contact, 88 local transmission, 33 workplace, 5 institutional outbreak)
  • 1,905 cases resolved (91%)
  • 147 (-2) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 43
  • 2 (+0) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 1 in ICU
  • 5 (+0) 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 (3 residents,(+2) staff)
    • Outbreak #3 declared April 1 at Eagle Terrace Long-Term Care Home (3 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #4 declared March 7 at Southlake Residential Care Village (2 residents, 12 health-care workers)
  • 1 (+1) child care centre outbreak
    • Hopscotch Daycare Services, Bondi Avenue (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 1 (+0) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared April 7 at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School (closed, 2 staff)
  • 2 (-1) school surveillances
    • Surveillance declared April 8 at Huron Heights Secondary School (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Surveillance declared March 30 at Terry Fox Public School (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Surveillance closed April 9 at Glen Cedar Public School (1 student)
  • 385 tests on April 8, 23 positive (6.0% positivity) 

The Nitty Gritty

  • 902 (+2) cases close contact, or 43%
  • 492 (+0) cases community transmission, or 24%
  • 364 (+4) cases institutional outbreak, or 17%
  • 106 (-1) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 23 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
  • 198 (+3) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 520 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 353 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 345 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 288 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 173 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 136 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 127 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 106 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 47 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Saturday, April 10 at 5 p.m.) in stay at home order, state of emergency 

  • 37,652 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 468 new cases since April 9
  • 5,040 variant cases, 1,114 active, 19 deaths
    • 505 (+3) B.1.1.7 U.K. (1 active, 4 deaths)
    • 3 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
    • 19 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active, 1 death)
    • 4,513 (+222) lineage not yet determined (1,113 active, 14 deaths, 31 hospitalized, 5 in ICU)
  • 34,001 cases resolved (90%)
  • 3,085 (+117) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 566
  • 43 (-4) cases are hospitalized, 5 (-2) patients in ICU 
  • 440 (+2) workplace outbreaks, 19 (+1) active, 3,567 (+24) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccinations 

  • 242,361 total doses
  • 220,015 residents with 1 dose
  • 84.3% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 80.3.% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 69.6% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 50.6% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 108 (+8) school outbreaks, 30 (+8) active
    • Ashton Meadows Public School, Markham (1 student, 2 staff)
    • Kennedy Montessori School, Markham (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Scholar Montessori Academy, Vaughan (2 students)
    • St. Clement Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (closed, 6 students)
    • St. Emily Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (closed, 3 students, 1 staff)
    • St. Margaret Mary Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (2 students)
    • St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (5 students, 2 staff)
    • Toronto Montessori School, Bayview campus, Richmond Hill (3 students, 2 staff)
    • MindTech Montessori Schools – North Campus, Markham (2 students)
    • Johnny Lombardi Public School, Vaughan (closed, 7 students)
    • St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School, Newmarket (closed, 2 staff)
    • Pine Grove Public School, Vaughan (closed, 3 students, 2 staff)
    • Barbara Reid Public School, Whitchurch-Stouffville (6 (+1) students)
    • Viola Desmond Public School, Vaughan (closed, 4 students)
    • Corpus Christi Catholic School, Richmond Hill (2 students)
    • St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary School, Vaughan (closed, 5 students, 2 (+1) staff)
    • Father Henri JM Nouwen Catholic Elementary School, Richmond Hill (closed, 2 students, 3 staff)
    • King Heights Academy, Vaughan (closed, 7 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 (12 students, 2 staff)
    • Henderson Avenue Public School, Vaughan (4 students, 4 staff)
    • Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School, Aurora (closed, 1 student, 4 (+2) staff)
    • Kleinburg Public School, Vaughan (6 students, 1 staff)
    • Anne Frank Public School, Vaughan (closed, 2 students, 2 staff)
    • Franklin Street Public School, Markham (closed, 9 (+3) students, 2 staff) 
    • Bayview Fairways Public School, Markham (closed, 2 staff)
    • 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)
  • 614 (-1) school surveillances, 91 (-3) active
  • 72 (+1) child care outbreaks, 9 (+1) active
  • 1,819 (+28) total school and child care cases
  • 1,323 (+25) student/children cases
  • 529 (+3) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 297 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 22 (+2) active
    • Outbreak #3 declared April 9 at River Glen Haven LTC, Georgina (4 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #3 declared April 9 at Villa Da Vinci Retirement Residence, Vaughan (2 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak declared April 10 at Christian Horizons Northlake community living, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
    • 18-day outbreak closed April 10 at Sunnybrook Group Home, Georgina (2 residents)

Nitty Gritty

  • 17,462 (+73) cases, or 46%, close contact
  • 9,903 (+72) cases, or 26%, community transmission
  • 4,038 (+7) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 2,359 (+275) cases, or 6%, under investigation
  • 389 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,430 (+1,162) cases, or 9%, workplace outbreak
  • 9,734 (+122) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 6,469 (+98) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 5,475 (+61) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 5,356 (+64) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 3,392 (+37) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,524 (+27) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,083 (+27) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 1,922 (+16) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 697 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 15,951 (+221) cases, 1,369 (+59) active
  • Markham 9,339 (+105) cases, 653 (+39) active
  • Richmond Hill 5,286 (+84) cases, 488 (+35) active
  • Newmarket 2,095 (+10) cases, 147 (-8) active
  • Aurora 1,281 (+12) cases, 116 (-6) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,057 (+12) cases, 111 (+1) active
  • King 859 (+9) cases, 69 (-2) active
  • Georgina 902 (+5) cases, 66 (-3) active
  • East Gwillimbury 819 (+10) cases, 62 (+2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 11, for April 10)

  • 386,608  confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 4,456 new cases since April 9 
  • 14,599 (+1,176) variant cases
    • 14,387 U.K. variant
    • 78 South African variant
    • 134 Brazilian variant
  • 21 more deaths, totalling 7,552
  • 346,239 resolved 89.6% of cases
  • 1,513 (-11) cases are hospitalized; 605 (+20) in ICU; 382 (-2) on a ventilator *10% of hospitals did not submit data
  • 56,378 more tests completed, with 31,836 awaiting results
  • 7.7% positivity April 9

Vaccines

  • 94,794 daily doses administered April 10
  • 3,139,743 total doses
  • 333,150 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in children, youth

  • 10,268 (+168) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 13,419 (+190) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 13,295 (+185) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,399 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 49 (+1) active
  • 832 (-2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 29 (-4) active
  • 486 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 41 (+2) active
  • 3,907 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,075 (+1) cases are long-term care residents

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Debora Kelly is the editor for AuroraToday and NewmarketToday. She is an award-winning journalist and communications professional who is passionate about building strong communities through engagement, advocacy and partnership.
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