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

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, April 20 at 5 p.m.)

2,383 cases of COVID-19
22 more case since April 19
555 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
- 516 (+1) lineage not yet determined (175 active, 2 ICU, 1 hospitalized, 4 deceased); 233 close contact, 192 local transmission, 37 workplace, 8 institutional outbreak)
2,068 cases resolved (87%)
270 (+3) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 45
5 (+1) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 2 in ICU
2 (-3) institutional outbreaks
- 4-day outbreak #10 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (2 health-care workers)
- 13-day outbreak #8 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (3 patients, 1 health-care worker)
- 14-day outbreak #7 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (4 patients)
- Outbreak #9 declared April 12 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (8 (+2) patients, 1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #2 declared at CBI Group Home community living (3 residents, 12 staff)
1 (+0) school outbreak
- Outbreak declared at Alexander Muir Public School (4 (+1) students, 1 staff)
1 (+0) child care centre outbreak
- Hopscotch Daycare Services, Bondi Avenue (1 child, 1 staff)
4 (-2) 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)
330 tests on April 18, 42 positive (12.7% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

1,005 (+12) cases close contact, or 42%
617 (+24) cases community transmission, or 25%
368 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 16%
123 (-9) cases under investigation, or 2%
25 (+2) cases travel, or 1%
197 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
595 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
403 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
393 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
323 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
196 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
161 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
131 (+1) cases age 80+, or 6%
123 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
58 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Tuesday, April 20 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions

42,505 confirmed cases of COVID-19
393 new cases since April 19
9,288 variant cases, 3,143 active, 36 deaths
- 574 (+6) B.1.1.7 U.K. (2 active, 4 deaths)
- 5 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
- 30 (+1) P.1 Brazil (0 active, 1 death)
- 8,679 (-130) lineage not yet determined (3,136 active, 31 deaths, 68 hospitalized, 8 in ICU)
37,246 cases resolved (88%)
4,675 (+39) active cases
1 more death, totalling 584
- A 78-year-old Vaughan man passed away April 8 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure local transmission)
78 (+1) cases are hospitalized, 12 (+2) patients in ICU
459 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 22 (+0) active, 3,775 (+10) cases

Recovery Measures

482 (-13) 7-day average of new cases
284 (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
48 (-2) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.00 (+0.0) 7-day median reproductive number
3,690 tests on April 18, 515 positive (14.0% positivity)

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

323,364 total doses
300,291 residents with 1 dose
87.6% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
85.6% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
77.6% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
68.1% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
48.5% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
31.7% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
22.8% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
19.9% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

2,109 cases
1,497 student cases
612 staff cases
127 school outbreaks, 23 are active
657 cases, 81 are active
84 child care setting outbreaks, 15 are active

Institutional Outbreaks

306 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 19 (-5) active
- 4-day outbreak #10 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (2 health-care workers)
- 13-day outbreak #8 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (3 patients, 1 health-care worker)
- 14-day outbreak #7 closed April 20 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (4 patients)
- 7-day outbreak closed April 20 at Kerry’s Place Mount Albert community living, East Gwillimbury (1 staff)
- 9-day outbreak closed Aapril 19 at Christian Horizons community living; 248 Northlake Road, City of Richmond Hill
- Outbreak closed April 19 at Elginwood LTC, Richmond Hill
- Outbreak #4 declared April 19 at Langstaff Square Care Community LTC home, Richmond Hill

Nitty Gritty

18,809 (+129) cases, or 44%, close contact
12,568 (+382) cases, or 30%, community transmission
4,091 (+7) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
2,245 (-164) cases, or 6%, under investigation
404 (+3) cases, or 1%, travel
3,419 (+25) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
10,971 (+103) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
7,355 (+80) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
6,149 (+56) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
6,084 (+58) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
3,805 (+31) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
2,920 (+31) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
2,401 (+18) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
2,011 (+8) cases age 80+, or 5%
809 (+9) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 17,727 (+143) cases, 1,968 (-11) active
Markham 10,291 (+92) cases, 983 (+18) active
Richmond Hill 6,034 (+59) cases, 700 (+2) active
Newmarket 2,383 (+22) cases, 270 (+3) active
Aurora 1,460 (+19) cases, 178 (+10) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,169 (+12) cases, 134 (+2) active
Georgina 980 (+15) cases, 105 (+2) active
King 925 (+9) cases, 98 (+6) active
East Gwillimbury 893 (+11) cases, 89 (+8) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 21, for April 20)

429,123 confirmed cases of COVID-19
4,212 new cases since April 19
41,715 (+2,123) variant cases
- 41,395 U.K. variant
- 108 South African variant
- 212 Brazilian variant
32 more deaths, totalling 7,789
378,417 resolved 88.2% of cases
2,335 (-25) cases are hospitalized; 737 (-36) in ICU; 535 (-2) on ventilators
51,877 more tests completed, with 32,119 awaiting results
7.9% positivity April 20