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

Record-high 39 new cases in Newmarket, another Southlake outbreak, student case at Newmarket High; York Region reports 491 new cases, 1 more variant case death; Ontario reports 4,156 new cases, 28 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, April 13 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,186 cases of COVID-19 
  • 39 mores case since April 12, 10 are variants
  • 395 (+33) variant cases
    • 34 (+1) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 25 close contact, 5 local transmission, 4 workplace
    • 3 (+2) P.1 Brazil (0 active); 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
    • 358 (+0) lineage not yet determined (103 active, 1 ICU, 2 hospitalized, 2 deceased); 162 close contact, 116 local transmission, 35 workplace, 5 institutional outbreak)
  • 1,958 cases resolved (91%)
  • 185 (+19) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 43
  • 4 (+1) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 1 in ICU
  • 6 (+1) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #9 declared April 12 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients) 
    • 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 (4 (+1) 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)
  • 3 (+1) school surveillances
    • Surveillance declared April 12 at Newmarket High School (1 student)
    • 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)
  • 495 tests on April 11, 35 positive (8.9% positivity) 

The Nitty Gritty

  • 928 (+9) cases close contact, or 42%
  • 525 (+22) cases community transmission, or 24%
  • 364 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 17%
  • 140 (+6) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 23 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 203 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 545 (+8) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 369 (+7) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 364 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 300 (+7) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 177 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 143 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
  • 127 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 113 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 48 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Tuesday, April 13 at 5 p.m.) in stay at home order, state of emergency 

  • 39,186 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 491 new cases since April 12
  • 6,479 variant cases, 1,970 active, 20 deaths
    • 542 (+4) B.1.1.7 U.K. (1 active, 4 deaths)
    • 3 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
    • 26 (+7) P.1 Brazil (0 active, 1 death)
    • 5,908 (+472) lineage not yet determined (1,969 active, 15 deaths, 39 hospitalized, 7 in ICU)
  • 34,938 cases resolved (90%)
  • 3,681 (+137) active cases
    • 1 more death, totalling 567
  • 49 (+4) cases are hospitalized, 8 (+1) patients in ICU 
  • 447 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 20 (+1) active, 3,640 (+26) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccinations 

  • 268,541 total doses
  • 246,105 residents with 1 dose
  • 85.5% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 82.4.% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 72.9% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 58.7% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 304 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 29 (+3) active
    • Outbreak #2 declared April 12 at Vita Community Living ,Vaughan (2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared April 12 at Kerry’s Place Mount Albert community living, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
    • Outbreak #9 declared April 12 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients)

Nitty Gritty

  • 17,970 (+188) cases, or 46%, close contact
  • 10,748 (+560) cases, or 27%, community transmission
  • 4,062 (+9) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
  • 2,453 (-296) cases, or 7%, under investigation
  • 389 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,493 (+19) cases, or 9%, workplace outbreak
  • 10,126 (+124) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 6,756 (+94) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 5,684 (+68) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
  • 5,569 (+161) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 3,525 (+36) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,646 (+40) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,200 (+35) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 1,952 (+12) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 728 (+17) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 16,626 (+193) cases, 1,626 (+138) active
  • Markham 9,667 (+106) cases, 776 (+27) active
  • Richmond Hill 5,548 (+93) cases, 595 (+32) active
  • Newmarket 2,186 (+39) cases, 185 (+19) active
  • Aurora 1,323 (+19) cases, 127 (+9) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,098 (+10) cases, 115 (-5) active
  • King 902 (+14) cases, 92 (+5) active
  • East Gwillimbury 846 (+11) cases, 71 (+3) active
  • Georgina 926 (+6) cases, 63 (-7) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 14, for April 13)

  • 398,835 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 4,156 new cases since April 11 
  • 24,727 (+4,016) variant cases
    • 24,467 U.K. variant
    • 84 South African variant
    • 176 Brazilian variant
  • 28 more deaths, totalling 7,610
  • 354,417 resolved 88.9% of cases
  • 1,877 (+55) cases are hospitalized; 642 (+16) in ICU; 422 (+0) on a ventilator 
  • 54,211 more tests completed, with 45,248 awaiting results
  • 8.6% positivity April 13

Vaccines

  • 112,817 daily doses administered April 13
  • 3,422,974 total doses
  • 337,206 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

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  • 10,742 (+141) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 14,033 (+207) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 13,861 (+194) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,403 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 46 (-1) active
  • 834 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 29 (+1) active
  • 490 (+4) outbreaks at hospitals, 36 (+0) active
  • 3,908 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,073 (+0) cases are long-term care residents

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