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

Newmarket (reported Friday, April 16 at 5 p.m.)

2,236 cases of COVID-19
25 mores case since April 15, 2 are variants
456 (+10) variant cases
- 36 (+2) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 26 close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
- 2 (-1) P.1 Brazil (0 active); 2 workplace
- 418 (+9) lineage not yet determined (145 active, 1 ICU, 2 hospitalized, 2 deceased); 188 close contact, 139 local transmission, 33 workplace, 7 institutional outbreak)
1,955 cases resolved (87%)
236 (+16) active cases
2 more deaths, totalling 45
- An 81-year-old Newmarket woman passed away April 1 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
- A 67-year-old Newmarket man passed away April 13 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
4 (+0) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 1 in ICU
6 (+0) 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 patients)
- Outbreak #2 declared at CBI Group Home community living (3 residents, 10 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 (2 students, 2 staff)
5 (+1) school surveillances
- Surveillance declared April 16 at Alexander Muir Public School (3 students)
- Surveillance declared April 15 at Prince Charles Public School (1 student)
- 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)
166 tests on April 13, 11 positive (6.6% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

947 (+15) cases close contact, or 42%
543 (-2) cases community transmission, or 24%
358 (-11) cases institutional outbreak, or 16%
137 (+5) cases under investigation, or 2%
23 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
188 (-1) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
557 (-6) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
380 (-1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
376 (-1) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
304 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
173 (-5) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
151 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
127 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
117 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
51 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Friday, April 16 at 5 p.m.) in stay at home order, state of emergency

40,625 confirmed cases of COVID-19
426 new cases since April 15
7,812 variant cases, 2,737 active, 32 deaths
- 567 (+24) B.1.1.7 U.K. (1 active, 4 deaths)
- 5 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
- 29 (+0) P.1 Brazil (3 active, 1 death)
- 7,211 (+410) lineage not yet determined (2,731 active, 27 deaths, 50 hospitalized, 6 in ICU)
35,669 cases resolved (88%)
4,377 (+185) active cases
3 more deaths, totalling 576
- An 81-year-old Newmarket woman passed away April 1 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
- A 56-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away April 13 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure local transmission)
- A 67-year-old Newmarket man passed away April 13 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
55 (+7) cases are hospitalized, 6 (-3) patients in ICU
455 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 22 (+0) active, 3,696 (+32) cases

Recovery Measures

499 (-5) 7-day average of new cases
263 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
43 (+10) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.09 (-0.02) 7-day median reproductive number
2,597 tests on April 13, 526 positive (20.3% positivity)

Vaccinations

292,092 total doses
269,471 residents with 1 dose
86.3% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
83.6% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
74.8% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
62.4% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

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Institutional Outbreaks

304 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 28 (-1) active
- 44-day outbreak #5 closed April 15 at Mackenzie Health LTC, Richmond Hill (1 resident, 8 health-care workers)

Nitty Gritty

18,214 (+140) cases, or 45%, close contact
11,281 (+146) cases, or 27%, community transmission
4,056 (+17) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
2,404 (+80) cases, or 6%, under investigation
391 (+2) cases, or 1%, travel
3,345 (+24) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
10,500 (+100) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
7,033 (+77) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
5,875 (+56) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
5,791 (+74) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
3,649 (+40) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
2,758 (+31) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
2,285 (+29) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
1,976 (+8) cases age 80+, or 5%
758 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 16,915 (+188) cases, 1,905 (+29) active
Markham 9,678 (+78) cases, 868 (-17) active
Richmond Hill 5,630 (+62) cases, 662 (+9) active
Newmarket 2,236 (+25) cases, 236 (+16) active
Aurora 1,355 (+14) cases, 134 (-7) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,112 (+6) cases, 124 (-9) active
East Gwillimbury 858 (+11) cases, 89 (+4) active
King 871 (+9) cases, 87 (-5) active
Georgina 931 (+9) cases, 87 (+3) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 17, for April 16)

412,745 confirmed cases of COVID-19
4,362 new cases since April 15
32,635 (+2,159) variant cases
- 32,327 U.K. variant
- 101 South African variant
- 207 Brazilian variant
34 more deaths, totalling 7,693
364,353 resolved 88.3% of cases
2,065 (+110) cases are hospitalized; 726 (+25) in ICU; 501 (+21) on ventilators
56,852 more tests completed, with 37,520 awaiting results
6.9% positivity April 16