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

New cases in Newmarket jump by 32, outbreak declared at Alexander Muir school; York Region confirms 317 new cases, 7-day average of cases remains under 300, incidence rate drops to 178; Ontario reports 2,864 new cases, 25 more deaths, as hospitalizations continue to decline and total vaccinations surpass 6M+
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Newmarket (reported Friday, May 7 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,801 cases of COVID-19 
  • 32 more cases since May 6
  • 944 variant cases, 117 active
    • 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 11 (+2) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 4 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
    • 893 (+7) lineage not yet determined: 407 close contact, 367 local transmission, 69 workplace, 14 school, 25 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,599 cases resolved
  • 156 (-2) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 46
  • 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (5 (+1) health-care workers)
  • 1 (+1) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared May 7 at Alexander Muir P.S. (2 staff)
  • 2 (+0) child care centre outbreak
    • Outbreak declared April 28 at Kidz R Us (6 children, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared April 27 at Cuties and Patooties Childcare (2 children)
  • 1 (-1) school surveillance
    • Surveillance declared April 27 at Canadian Martyrs C.E.S. (1 staff)
  • 447 tests on May 5, 33 positive (7.4% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,200 (+9) cases close contact, or 43%
  • 823 (-1) cases community transmission, or 29%
  • 390 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
  • 76 (+26) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 236 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 713 (+13) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 486 (+7) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 445 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 373 (+4) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 226 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 189 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 156 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 135 (+1) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 78 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Friday, May 7 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 48,286 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 317 new cases since May 6
  • 14,467 variant cases, 1,161 active, 72 deaths
    • 656 (+0) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 18 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 116 (+0) P.1 Brazil
    • 13,480 (+288) lineage not yet determined
  • 45,815 cases resolved
  • 1,843 (-28) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 628
  • 477 (+4) workplace outbreaks, 25 (+4) active, 4,198 (+53) cases 

Recovery Measures

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

  • 503,809 total doses
  • 478,262 residents with 1 dose
  • 91.5% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 89.6% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 83.4% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 79.8% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
  • 72.2% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
  • 58.7% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
  • 53.2% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
  • 49.4% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose
  • 46.3% ages 40-44 with at least 1 dose
  • 34.0% ages 35-39 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,274 (+11) cases
  • 1,597 (+6) student cases
  • 677 (+5) staff cases
  • 132 (+1) school outbreaks, 2 (+1) are active
  • 670 (+0) school surveillances, 10 (+0) are active
  • 106 (+3) child care setting outbreaks, 19 (+3) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 320 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 16 (-2) active
    • Outbreak #2 declared May 7 at Community Living York South, Richmond Hill
    • Outbreaks closed May 7 at Christian Horizons Richmond Hill; Sherwood Court LTC, Vaughan; Reena Community Residence, Lebovic Campus, Vaughan

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 21,583 (+119) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 16,026 (+79) cases, or 33%, community transmission
  • 4,265 (+11) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
  • 1,050 (+82) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 422 (+2) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,935 (+19) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 12,544 (+104) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,335 (+49) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,029 (+47) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 6,918 (+31) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,189 (+14) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,391 (+25) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,786 (+30) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,107 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 987 (+8) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 19,992 (+119) cases, 698 (+2) active
  • Markham 11,583 (+65) cases, 403 (-7) active
  • Richmond Hill 6,874 (+53) cases, 258 (-7) active
  • Newmarket 2,801 (+32) cases, 156 (-2) active
  • Aurora 1,691 (+18) cases, 86 (81) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,366 (+4) cases, 71 (-9) active
  • Georgina 1,161 (+8) cases, 58 (-11) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,040 (+5) cases, 49 (-6) active
  • King 1,029 (+5) cases, 16 (+2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 8, for May 7)

  • 489,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,864 new cases since May 6 
  • 91,221 (+2,939) variant cases
    • 89,614 U.K. variant
    • 395 South African variant
    • 1,212 Brazilian variant
  • 25 more deaths, totalling 8,261
  • 91.6% of cases resolved
  • 1,832 (-92) cases are hospitalized; 851 (-2) in ICU; 588 (-23) on ventilators
  • 47,817 more tests completed, with 21,740 awaiting results
  • 6.8% positivity

Vaccines

  • 138,125 daily doses administered 
  • 6,023,610 total doses
  • 390,990 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 13,846 (+87) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 17,752 (+116) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 17,850 (+128) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,449 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 48 (-2) active
  • 850 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 15 (+1) active
  • 547 (+2) outbreaks at hospitals, 40 (+1) active
  • 3,931 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,196 (+5) cases are long-term care residents

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