Newmarket (reported Wednesday, May 5 at 5 p.m.)
- 2,754 cases of COVID-19
- 24 more cases since May 4
- 900 variant cases, 163 active
- 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
- 9 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 1 close contact, 1 local transmission, 2 workplace
- 851 (+18) lineage not yet determined: 385 close contact, 362 local transmission, 57 workplace, 14 school, 24 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
- 2,545 cases resolved
- 163 (-11) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 46
- 1 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (4 health-care workers)
- 3 (+0) child care centre outbreak
- Outbreak declared April 28 at Kidz R Us (6 (+3) children, 2 staff)
- Outbreak declared April 28 at Magic Balloon Child Care Centre (4 children, 2 staff)
- Outbreak declared April 27 at Cuties and Patooties Childcare (2 children)
- 2 (+0) school surveillance
- Surveillance declared April 30 at Alexander Muir P.S. (1 staff)
- Surveillance declared April 27 at Canadian Martyrs C.E.S. (1 staff)
- 223 tests on May 3, 15 positive (6.7% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,185 (+13) cases close contact, or 43%
- 818 (+5) cases community transmission, or 30%
- 388 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
- 62 (+1) cases under investigation, or 2%
- 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 225 (+3) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 696 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 477 (+3) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 441 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 368 (+6) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 224 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 186 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 150 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 134 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
- 78 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Wednesday, May 5 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions
- 47,693 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 325 new cases since May 4
- 13,983 variant cases, 1,228 active, 68 deaths
- 656 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 17 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa
- 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
- 116 (+2) P.1 Brazil
- 13,192 (+241) lineage not yet determined
- 45,133 cases resolved
- 1,936 (-16) active cases
- 2 more deaths, totalling 624
- An 87-year-old East Gwillimbury man passed away April 28 at a private residence (Exposure close contact)
- A 51-year-old Vaughan woman passed away May 4 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure close contact)
- 473 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 20 (+0) active, 4,135 (+35) cases
Recovery Measures
- 294 (-10) 7-day average of new cases
- 189 (-8) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- 1.07 7-day median reproductive number
- 2,168 tests on May 3, 354 positive (16.3% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)
- 476,632 total doses
- 451,558 residents with 1 dose
- 91.2% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
- 89.2% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
- 82.9% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
- 79.1% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
- 71.0% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
- 55.3% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
- 49.5% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
- 45.4% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose
- 41.5% ages 40-44 with at least 1 dose
- 29.1% ages 35-39 with at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 2,253 (+13) cases
- 1,589 (+11) student cases
- 664 (+3) staff cases
- 131 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active
- 669 (+0) school surveillances, 10 (+0) are active
- 102 (+1) child care setting outbreaks, 17 (+0) are active
Institutional Outbreaks
- 318 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 17 (+0) active
- Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (4 health-care workers)
- Outbreak closed May 5 at Cedar Heights Residential Living, Markham
Nitty Gritty
- 21,345 (+114) cases, or 45%, close contact
- 15,860 (+93) cases, or 33%, community transmission
- 4,241 (+13) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
- 996 (+63) cases, or 4%, under investigation
- 427 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
- 3,822 (+32) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 12,360 (+83) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 8,230 (+51) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 6,932 (+54) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 6,851 (+44) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,154 (+24) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 3,349 (+19) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 2,747 (+25) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,100 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 970 (+14) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 19,752 (+119) cases, 713 (+0) active
- Markham 11,454 (+71) cases, 417 (-11) active
- Richmond Hill 6,788 (+59) cases, 286 (+21) active
- Newmarket 2,754 (+24) cases, 163 (-11) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,357 (+23) cases, 87 (+14) active
- Aurora 1,661 (+8) cases, 77 (-7) active
- Georgina 1,143 (+5) cases, 67 (-5) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,029 (+10) cases, 57 (+1) active
- King 1,022 (+2) cases, 23 (-7) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 6, for May 5)
- 483,057 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 3,424 new cases since May 4
- 84,731 (+2,902) variant cases
- 83,350 U.K. variant
- 326 South African variant
- 1,055 Brazilian variant
- 26 more deaths, totalling 8,213
- 440,467 resolved 91.2% of cases
- 1,964 (-111) cases are hospitalized; 877 (-5) in ICU; 600 (-20) on ventilators
- 54,118 more tests completed, with 27,286 awaiting results
- 6.8% positivity
Vaccines
- 141,038 daily doses administered
- 5,740,761 total doses
- 384,589 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 13,646 (+116) cases ages 4 to 8
- 17,534 (+128) cases ages 9 to 13
- 17,601 (+141) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,446 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 50 (-1) active
- 848 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 14 (-1) active
- 544 (+5) outbreaks at hospitals, 43 (+1) active
- 3,929 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
- 15,182 (+3) cases are long-term care residents
