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

38 more cases in Newmarket, 48 more variant cases, outbreak declared at Alexander Muir school; York Region confirms 403 new cases, variant cases near 10,000, with sharp increase in hospitalizations; Ontario reports 3,469 new cases, 22 more deaths, nearly 2,700 more lab-confirmed variant cases
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Newmarket (reported Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,361 cases of COVID-19 
  • 38 mores case since April 18
  • 554 variant cases
    • 36 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 26 close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 3 (+1) P.1 Brazil (0 active); 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
    • 515 (+47) lineage not yet determined (184 active, 2 ICU, 4 hospitalized, 4 deceased); 228 close contact, 179 local transmission, 37 workplace, 8 institutional outbreak)
  • 2,049 cases resolved (87%)
  • 267 (+22) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 45
  • 4 (-1) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 2 in ICU
  • 5 (-1) institutional outbreaks
    • 18-day outbreak #3 closed at Eagle Terrace LTC (3 health-care workers)
    • Outbreak #10 declared April 17 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (2 health-care workers) 
    • Outbreak #9 declared April 12 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (6 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, 12 staff)
  • 1 (+1) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared at Alexander Muir Public School (3 students, 1 staff)
  • 1 (+0) child care centre outbreak
    • Hopscotch Daycare Services, Bondi Avenue (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 6 (-1) school surveillances
    • Surveillance declared April 18 at Poplar Bank Public School (1 student)
    • Surveillance declared April 17 at Maple Leaf Public School (1 student)
    • 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)
  • 56 tests on April 17, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 993 (+21) cases close contact, or 42%
  • 595 (+34) cases community transmission, or 25%
  • 366 (+6) cases institutional outbreak, or 16%
  • 142 (+2) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 23 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 196 (+7) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 586 (+19) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 400 (+10) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 390 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 321 (+10) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 195 (+15) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 160 (+4) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 130 (+1) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 122 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 57 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 42,111 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 403 new cases since April 18
  • 9,917 variant cases, 3,101 active, 35 deaths
    • 568 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K. (2 active, 4 deaths)
    • 5 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
    • 29 (+0) P.1 Brazil (1 active, 1 death)
    • 8,414 (+450) lineage not yet determined (2,894 active, 30 deaths, 55 hospitalized, 8 in ICU)
  • 36,892 cases resolved (88%)
  • 4,636 (-7) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 583
  • 77 (+6) cases are hospitalized, 10 (+2) patients in ICU 
  • 459 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 22 (+0) active, 3,775 (+10) cases 

Recovery Measures

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)

  • 315,194 total doses
  • 292,222 residents with 1 dose
  • 87.4% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 85.2% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 77.1% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 66.9% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
  • 46.0% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
  • 30.1% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
  • 21.6% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
  • 19.2% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 305 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 24 (-1) active
    • 18-day outbreak #3 closed at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (3 health-care workers)

Nitty Gritty

  • 18,680 (+321) cases, or 44%, close contact
  • 12,186 (+507) cases, or 29%, community transmission
  • 4,084 (+8) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
  • 2,409 (-283) cases, or 6%, under investigation
  • 401 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,394 (+19) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 10,868 (+105) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 7,275 (+51) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 6,093 (+67) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 6,026 (+65) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 3,774 (+39) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,889 (+27) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,383 (+27) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,003 (+8) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 800 (+11) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 17,579 (+133) cases, 1,979 (+87) active
  • Markham 9,101 (+87) cases, 965 (+54) active
  • Richmond Hill 5,976 (+52) cases, 698 (-6) active
  • Newmarket 2,361 (+38) cases, 267 (+22) active
  • Aurora 1,440 (+22) cases, 168 (+18) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,156 (+11) cases, 132 (+3) active
  • Georgina 965 (+15) cases, 103 (+8) active
  • King 914 (+13) cases, 92 (+4) active
  • East Gwillimbury 882 (+8) cases, 81 (-1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 20, for April 19)

  • 424,911 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 3,469 new cases since April 18 
  • 39,592 (+2,698) variant cases
    • 39,276 U.K. variant
    • 105 South African variant
    • 211 Brazilian variant
  • 22 more deaths, totalling 7,757
  • 374,213 resolved 88.1% of cases
  • 2,360 (+158) cases are hospitalized; 773 (+18) in ICU; 537 (+21) on ventilators
  • 40,596 more tests completed, with 29,217 awaiting results
  • 10.0% positivity April 19

Vaccines

  • 66,897 daily doses administered April 18
  • 3,904,778 total doses
  • 346,005 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

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  • 11,607 (+105) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 15,189 (+151) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 15,061 (+162) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,412 (+3) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 39 (+0) active
  • 835 (-2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 19 (-3) active
  • 501 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 36 (+1) active
  • 3,912 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,111 (+2) cases are long-term care residents

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Debora Kelly

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Debora Kelly is NewmarketToday's editor. 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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