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

29 more cases in Newmarket, positivity remains high at 10.4%; York Region confirms 447 new cases, 1 more death, positivity high at 17.6%, but incidence rate and Rt number decline for 2nd day; Ontario reports 3,682 new cases, 40 more deaths, ICU patients surge beyond 800
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, April 21 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,411 cases of COVID-19 
  • 29 more cases since April 20
  • 587 variant cases
    • 36 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 26 close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 3 (+0) P.1 Brazil (0 active); 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
    • 548 (+0) lineage not yet determined (1104 active, 1 ICU, 1 hospitalized, 4 deceased); 247 close contact, 214 local transmission, 39 workplace, 8 institutional outbreak)
  • 2,179 cases resolved (90%)
  • 187 (-83) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 45
  • 4 (-1) Newmarket residents hospitalized, 2 in ICU
  • 2 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #9 declared April 12 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (8 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 students, 1 staff)
  • 0 (-1) child care centre outbreak
    • 12-day outbreak closed April 21 at Hopscotch Daycare Services (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 4 (+0) 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)
  • 335 tests on April 19, 35 positive (10.4% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,024 (+19) cases close contact, or 42%
  • 641 (+24) cases community transmission, or 25%
  • 369 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 16%
  • 103 (-20) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (-1) cases travel, or 1%
  • 201 (+4) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 599 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 408 (+5) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 400 (+7) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 327 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 198 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 161 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 131 (+0) cases age 80+, or 6%
  • 128 (+5) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 59 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Wednesday, April 21 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 42,921 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 447 new cases since April 20
  • 9,648 variant cases, 1,585 active, 37 deaths
    • 594 (+20) B.1.1.7 U.K. (6 active, 4 deaths)
    • 5 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa (0 active)
    • 33 (+3) P.1 Brazil (0 active, 1 death)
    • 9,016 (+337) lineage not yet determined (1,579 active, 32 deaths, 17 hospitalized, 6 in ICU)
  • 39,282 cases resolved (92%)
  • 3,053 (-1,622) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 585
    • A 98-year-old Vaughan man passed away April 9 at Vaughan Cortellucci Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure local transmission)
  • 28 (-50) cases are hospitalized, 10 (-2) patients in ICU 
  • 460 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 18 (-4) active, 3,794 (+19) cases 

Recovery Measures

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

  • 333,883 total doses
  • 310,739 residents with 1 dose
  • 87.9% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 86.0% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 78.2% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 69.2% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
  • 50.8% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
  • 33.9% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
  • 24.6% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
  • 21.6% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,123 cases
  • 1,506 student cases
  • 617 staff cases
  • 128 school outbreaks, 21 are active
  • 658 school surveillances, 73 are active
  • 85 child care setting outbreaks, 12 are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 308 (+2) institutional outbreaks, 21 (+2) active
    • Outbreak #2 declared April 20 at Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold – Markham (1 client)
    • Outbreak #2 declared April 21 at Community Living York South, Markham (1 resident, 2 staff)

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 19,020 (+211) cases, or 44%, close contact
  • 12,974 (+406) cases, or 30%, community transmission
  • 4,103 (+12) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
  • 1,984 (+261) cases, or 6%, under investigation
  • 404 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,457 (+38) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 11,064 (+93) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 7,441 (+86) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 6,225 (+76) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 6,146 (+62) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 3,827 (+22) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 2,947 (+27) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,436 (+35) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,018 (+7) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 816 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 17,900 (+179) cases, 1,260 (-708) active
  • Markham 10,380 (+93) cases, 656 (-327) active
  • Richmond Hill 6,107 (+76) cases, 446 (-254) active
  • Newmarket 2,411 (+29) cases, 187 (-83) active
  • Aurora 1,476 (+17) cases, 119 (-59) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,181 (+13) cases, 85 (-49) active
  • Georgina 989 (+9) cases, 77 (-28) active
  • King 933 (+8) cases, 64 (-34) active
  • East Gwillimbury 904 (+11) cases, 61 (-28) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 22, for April 21)

  • 432,805 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 3,682 new cases since April 20 
  • 44,536 (+2,821) variant cases
    • 44,205 U.K. variant
    • 113 South African variant
    • 218 Brazilian variant
  • 40 more deaths, totalling 7,829
  • 383,014 resolved 88.5% of cases
  • 2,350 (+15) cases are hospitalized; 806 (+69) in ICU; 588 (+53) on ventilators
  • 54,246 more tests completed, with 33,327 awaiting results
  • 7.8% positivity April 21

Vaccines

  • 134,920 daily doses administered April 21
  • 4,266,805 total doses
  • 351,354 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 11,865 (+112) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 15,534 (+149) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 15,395 (+173) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,422 (+7) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 42 (+7) active
  • 837 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 18 (-2) active
  • 506 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 35 (+2) active
  • 3,912 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,117 (+4) cases are long-term care residents

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