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

25 more cases in Newmarket, 3 are variants, outbreaks active at 5 institutions; York Region confirms 511 new cases, 52 are variants, with more than half of ages 65 to 69 vaccinated; Ontario reports 3,670 new cases, 15 more deaths, as all-time highs in positivity rate, hospitalizations reached
YVR COVID-19 Testing Site
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Newmarket (reported Monday, April 12 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,148 cases of COVID-19 
  • 25 mores case since April 11
  • 362 (+23) variant cases
    • 33 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 25 close contact, 5 local transmission, 3 workplace
    • 1 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active); workplace
    • 328 (+23) lineage not yet determined (87 active, 1 ICU, 2 hospitalized, 2 deceased); 149 close contact, 103 local transmission, 35 workplace, 5 institutional outbreak)
  • 1,939 cases resolved (91%)
  • 166 (+3) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 43
  • 3 (+1) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 1 in ICU
  • 5 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #8 declared April 7 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients, 1 health-care worker)
    • Outbreak #7 declared April 6 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients)
    • Outbreak #2 declared at CBI Group Home community living (3 residents, 5 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 (+0) 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 (+0) 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)
  • 437 tests on April 10, 14 positive (3.2% positivity) 

The Nitty Gritty

  • 919 (+8) cases close contact, or 43%
  • 503 (+10) cases community transmission, or 24%
  • 364 (-1) cases institutional outbreak, or 17%
  • 134 (+2) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 23 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 202 (+3) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 537 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 362 (+4) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 358 (+4) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 293 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 174 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 138 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 127 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 112 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 47 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Monday, April 12 at 5 p.m.) in stay at home order, state of emergency 

  • 38,210 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 511 new cases since April 11
  • 5,996 variant cases, 1,688 active, 19 deaths
    • 538 (+5) 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)
    • 5,436 (+587) lineage not yet determined (1,687 active, 14 deaths, 36 hospitalized, 7 in ICU)
  • 34,597 cases resolved (90%)
  • 3,544 (+172) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 566
  • 45 (+2) cases are hospitalized, 7 (+2) patients in ICU 
  • 444 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 19 (+2) active, 3,614 (+18) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccinations 

  • 259,970 total doses
  • 237,572 residents with 1 dose
  • 85.1% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 81.6.% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 71.7% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 56.0% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 301 (+2) institutional outbreaks, 26 (+2) active
    • Outbreak declared April 11 at Cedar Heights Residential Living, Markham (2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared April 11 at Kerry’s Place community living, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)

Nitty Gritty

  • 17,782 (+192) cases, or 46%, close contact
  • 10,188 (+224) cases, or 26%, community transmission
  • 4,053 (+7) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 2,749 (+51) cases, or 7%, under investigation
  • 389 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,474 (+23) cases, or 9%, workplace outbreak
  • 10,002 (+129) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 6,662 (+86) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 5,616 (+62) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 5,408 (+83) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 3,489 (+41) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,606 (+31) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,165 (+40) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 1,940 (+8) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 711 (+14) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 16,430 (+222) cases, 1,516 (+83) active
  • Markham 9,571 (+136) cases, 749 (+50) active
  • Richmond Hill 5,457 (+74) cases, 563 (+35) active
  • Newmarket 2,148 (+25) cases, 166 (+3) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,089 (+13) cases, 120 (-1) active
  • Aurora 1,305 (+12) cases, 118 (+4) active
  • King 889 (+11) cases, 87 (+4) active
  • Georgina 920 (+9) cases, 70 (+1) active
  • East Gwillimbury 835 (+9) cases, 68 (+6) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 13, for April 12)

  • 394,679 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 3,670 new cases since April 11 
  • 20,711 (+3,950) variant cases
    • 20,487 U.K. variant
    • 81 South African variant
    • 143 Brazilian variant
  • 15 more deaths, totalling 7,582
  • 351,257 resolved 89.0% of cases
  • 1,822 (+176) cases are hospitalized; 626 (+7) in ICU; 422 (+14) on a ventilator 
  • 47,167 more tests completed, with 35,679 awaiting results
  • 10.3% positivity April 12

Vaccines

  • 95,692 daily doses administered April 12
  • 3,310,157 total doses
  • 335,262 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

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  • 10,601 (+145) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 13,826 (+293) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 13,667 (+160) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,402 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 47 (-2) active
  • 833 (-1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 28 (-3) active
  • 486 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 36 (-4) active
  • 3,908 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,073 (-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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