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

24 more cases in Newmarket, 186 are active, positivity at 8.3%; York Region confirms 401 new cases, Rt drops to 0.86, positivity rises to 16.2%; Ontario reports 3,947 new cases, 24 more deaths, test positivity 8.7%, 851 patients in ICUs

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Newmarket (reported Saturday, April 24 at 5 p.m.)

2,484 cases of COVID-19
24 more cases since April 23
658 variant cases, 112 active
- 37 (+1) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 27 close contact, 5 local transmission, 5 workplace
- 4 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 1 close contact, 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
- 617 (+10) lineage not yet determined: 270 close contact, 242 local transmission, 43 workplace, 15 school, 11 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
2,253 cases resolved
186 (-3) 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)
387 tests on April 22, 32 positive (8.3% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty

1,043 (+6) cases close contact, or 42%
673 (+19) cases community transmission, or 27%
373 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 15%
117 (-2) cases under investigation, or 5%
24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
204 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
624 (+8) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
426 (+6) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
404 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
335 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
203 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
167 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
131 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
132 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
63 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Saturday, April 24 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions

44,127 confirmed cases of COVID-19
401 new cases since April 23
10,995 variant cases, 1,728 active, 43 deaths
- 631 (+20) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 6 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa
- 43 (+6) P.1 Brazil
- 10,315 (+281) lineage not yet determined
40,629 cases resolved
2,907 (-46) active cases
0 more deaths, totalling 591
463 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 19 (-1) active, 3,870 (+20) cases

Recovery Measures

434 (-16) 7-day average of new cases
264 (-6) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
0.86 (-0.03) 7-day median reproductive number
4,171 tests on April 22, 675 positive (16.2% positivity)

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

368,076 total doses
344,494 residents with 1 dose
88.5% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
86.9% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
79.6% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
72.1% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
56.9% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
38.5% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
30.7% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
27.1% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

2,157 (+16) cases
1,527 (+11) student cases
630 (+5) staff cases
131 (+0) school outbreaks, 18 (-1) are active
659 (+0) school surveillances, 38 (-2) are active
88 (+2) child care setting outbreaks, 14 (+2) are active

Institutional Outbreaks

309 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 18 (+0) active

Nitty Gritty

19,482 (+136) cases, or 44%, close contact
13,512 (+178) cases, or 30%, community transmission
4,123 (+6) cases, or 10%, institutional outbreak
2,072 (+1,043) cases, or 6%, under investigation
406 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
3,546 (+22) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
11,384 (+109) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
7,648 (+69) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
6,393 (+50) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
6,348 (+69) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
3,917 (+22) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
3,037 (+25) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
2,517 (+30) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
2,036 (+4) cases age 80+, or 5%
847 (+13) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 18,407 (+161) cases, 1,197 (-14) active
Markham 10,638 (+90) cases, 616 (-2) active
Richmond Hill 6,275 (+59) cases, 408 (-5) active
Newmarket 2,484 (+24) cases, 186 (-3) active
Aurora 1,519 (+15) cases, 110 (-7) active
Georgina 1,030 (+10) cases, 91 (+1) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,218 (+12) cases, 85 (-1) active
King 961 (+7) cases, 71 (-4) active
East Gwillimbury 933 (+11) cases, 56 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 25, for April 24)

445,351 confirmed cases of COVID-19
3,947 new cases since April 23
52,909 (+2,632) variant cases
- 52,398 U.K. variant
- 164 South African variant
- 347 Brazilian variant
24 more deaths, totalling 7,911
396,283 resolved 89% of cases
2,126 (-151) cases are hospitalized; 851 (+18) in ICU; 596 (-4) on ventilators *about 10% of hospitals did not submit data
46,694 more tests completed, with 25,641 awaiting results
8.7% positivity