Newmarket (reported Friday, April 23 at 5 p.m.)
- 2,460 cases of COVID-19
- 28 more cases since April 22
- 647 variant cases
- 36 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K. (0 active); 26 close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
- 4 (+1) P.1 Brazil (0 active); 1 close contact, 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
- 607 (+41) lineage not yet determined: 266 close contact, 235 local transmission, 43 workplace, 11 institutional outbreak)
- 2,226 cases resolved
- 189 (-1) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 45
- 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)
- 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)
- 345 tests on April 21, 2 8 positive (8.1% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,037 (+6) cases close contact, or 42%
- 654 (-18) cases community transmission, or 27%
- 373 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 15%
- 119 (+17) cases under investigation, or 5%
- 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 203 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 616 (+7) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 420 (+7) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 402 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 333 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 203 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 165 (+3) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 131 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
- 129 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 61 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Friday, April 23 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions
- 43,736 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 422 new cases since April 22
- 10,687 variant cases, 1,796 active, 43 deaths
- 611 (+4) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 5 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa
- 37 (+3) P.1 Brazil
- 10,034 (+653) lineage not yet determined
- 40,192 cases resolved
- 2,953 (-51) active cases
- 4 more deaths, totalling 591
- A 70-year-old Markham man passed away April 18 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure unknown)
- A 76-year-old Markham man passed away April 18 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure local transmission)
- An 82-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away April 20 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure close contact)
- A 73-year-old Vaughan woman passed away April 16 at Vaughan Cortellucci Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure close contact)
- 463 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 20 (+2) active, 3,850 (+43) cases
Recovery Measures
- 450 (-1) 7-day average of new cases
- 270 (-4) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 0.89 (-0.04) 7-day median reproductive number
- 4,432 tests on April 21, 692 positive (15.6% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)
- 356,277 total doses
- 332,870 residents with 1 dose
- 88.3% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
- 86.6% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
- 79.1% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
- 71.1% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
- 54.7% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
- 37.1% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
- 28.6% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
- 25.1% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 2,141 (+18) cases
- 1,516 (+10) student cases
- 625 (+8) staff cases
- 131 (+0) school outbreaks, 19 (-1) are active
- 659 (+2) school surveillances, 40 (-20) are active
- 86 (+0) child care setting outbreaks, 12 are active
Institutional Outbreaks
- 309 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 18 (-4) active
- Outbreaks closed April 23 at: Reena Weldrick Group Home, Richmond Hill; Kerry’s Place, East Gwillimbury; #12 Mackenzie Health Hospital; #13 Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill
Nitty Gritty
- 19,346 (+147) cases, or 44%, close contact
- 13,334 (+144) cases, or 30%, community transmission
- 4,117 (+4) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
- 1,029 (+83) cases, or 6%, under investigation
- 405 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
- 3,524 (+55) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 11,275 (+94) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 7,579 (+73) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 6,343 (+55) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 6,279 (+75) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 3,895 (+36) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 3,012 (+36) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 2,487 (+22) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,032 (+7) cases age 80+, or 5%
- 834 (+12) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 18,243 (+172) cases, 1,211 (-21) active
- Markham 10,547 (+79) cases, 618 (-26) active
- Richmond Hill 6,216 (+64) cases, 413 (-7) active
- Newmarket 2,460 (+28) cases, 189 (-1) active
- Aurora 1,504 (+14) cases, 117(-7) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,206 (+9) cases, 86 (-3) active
- Georgina 1,020 (+19) cases, 90 (+10) active
- King 954 (+12) cases, 75 (+8) active
- East Gwillimbury 922 (+9) cases, 56 (-3) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 23, for April 22)
- 441,404 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 4,094 new cases since April 21
- 50,277 (+3,014) variant cases
- 49,860 U.K. variant
- 150 South African variant
- 267 Brazilian variant
- 34 more deaths, totalling 7,887
- 392,044 resolved 88.8% of cases
- 2,277 (-10) cases are hospitalized; 833 (+15) in ICU; 600 (+7) on ventilators
- 52,160 more tests completed, with 31,933 awaiting results
- 7.8% positivity April 23
Vaccines
- 126,994 daily doses administered April 23
- 4,527,368 total doses
- 358,776 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 12,171 (+144) cases ages 4 to 8
- 15,856 (+152) cases ages 9 to 13
- 15,773 (+166) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,423 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 41 (+1) active
- 837 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 17 (+0) active
- 511 (+3) outbreaks at hospitals, 37 (+1) active
- 3,913 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
- 15,112 (-6) cases are long-term care residents
