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

18 more cases in Newmarket, first South Africa variant case confirmed, as child care cases rise; York Region confirms 289 new cases, incidence rate drops to 171, positivity high at 12%; Ontario reports drop of 2,716 new cases, 19 more deaths, as positivity remains high
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Newmarket (reported Sunday, May 9 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,837 cases of COVID-19 
  • 18 more cases since May 8
  • 986 variant cases, 120 active
    • 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 1 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa: 1 local transmission
    • 11 (+2) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 4 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
    • 934 (+20) lineage not yet determined: 426 close contact, 383 local transmission, 70 workplace, 14 school, 25 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,641 cases resolved
  • 150 (-8) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 46
  • 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (5 health-care workers)
  • 1 (+0) 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 (9 (+3) children, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared April 27 at Cuties and Patooties Childcare (2 children)
  • 1 (+0) school surveillance
    • Surveillance declared April 27 at Canadian Martyrs C.E.S. (1 staff)
  • 348 tests on May 7, 32 positive (9.2% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,218 (+7) cases close contact, or 43%
  • 840 (+10) cases community transmission, or 29%
  • 392 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
  • 73 (-3) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 238 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 718 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 495 (+4) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 453 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 380 (+5) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 229 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 191 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 158 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 135 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 78 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Sunday, May 9 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 48,895 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 289 new cases since May 8
  • 14,955 variant cases, 1,201 active, 72 deaths
    • 658 (+2) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 31 (+3) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 165 (+29) P.1 Brazil
    • 14,109 (+629) lineage not yet determined
  • 46,390 cases resolved
  • 1,877 (-5) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 628
  • 478 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 25 (+1) active, 4,225 (+13) cases 

Recovery Measures 

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

  • 530,200 total doses
  • 504,359 residents with 1 dose
  • 91.8% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 90.0% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 83.8% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 80.6% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
  • 73.8% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
  • 62.2% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
  • 56.9% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
  • 53.0% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose
  • 50.7% ages 40-44 with at least 1 dose
  • 38.7% ages 35-39 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,285 (+7) cases
  • 1,606 (+6) student cases
  • 679 (+1) staff cases
  • 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 2 (+0) are active
  • 670 (+0) school surveillances, 10 (+0) are active
  • 108 (+1) child care setting outbreaks, 21 (+1) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 320 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 13 (+0) active

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 21,870 (+150) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 16,237 (+108) cases, or 33%, community transmission
  • 4,278 (+6) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
  • 1,103 (-12) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 425 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,974 (+25) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 12,693 (+65) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,343 (+59) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,149 (+62) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 6,981 (+26) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,228 (+18) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,441 (+18) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,832 (+19) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,122 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,006 (+8) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 20,223 (+109) cases, 706 (+3) active
  • Markham 11,735 (+69) cases, 421 (+0) active
  • Richmond Hill 6,971 (+37) cases, 283 (+25) active
  • Newmarket 2,837 (+18) cases, 150 (-8) active
  • Aurora 1,710 (+8) cases, 81 (-6) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,384 (+10) cases, 64 (-1) active
  • Georgina 1,174 (+6) cases, 52 (-2) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,053 (+3) cases, 41 (-4) active
  • King 1,045 (+13) cases, 18 (+10) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 10, for May 9)

  • 495,019 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,716 new cases since May 8
  • 95,332 (+2,079) variant cases
    • 93,263 U.K. variant
    • 511 South African variant
    • 1,558 Brazilian variant
  • 19 more deaths, totalling 8,327
  • 91.9% of cases resolved
  • 1,632 (-8) cases are hospitalized; 828 (-15) in ICU; 547 (-39) on ventilators (about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
  • 27,175 more tests completed, with 12,837 awaiting results
  • 9.0% positivity

Vaccines

  • 94,093 daily doses administered 
  • 6,238,778 total doses
  • 393,884 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 14,051 (+91) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 18,030 (+135) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 18,158 (+135) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,449 (-1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 41 (-3) active
  • 852 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 17 (+1) active
  • 550 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 41 (-1) active
  • 3,931 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,203 (+3) cases are long-term care residents

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