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

16 more cases in Newmarket, as total variant cases surpass 1,000, with 117 active; York Region confirms 248 new cases, incidence rate drops to 248; Ontario reports drop to 2,073 new cases, lowest since March, with 15 more deaths 
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Newmarket (reported Monday, May 10 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,854 cases of COVID-19 
  • 16 more cases since May 9
  • 1,004 variant cases, 117 active
    • 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
    • 1 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa: 1 local transmission
    • 11 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 4 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
    • 952 (+18) lineage not yet determined: 435 close contact, 386 local transmission, 72 workplace, 14 school, 25 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,664 cases resolved
  • 144 (-6) 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 (+1) workplace outbreak
  • 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 children, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared April 27 at Cuties and Patooties Childcare (2 children)
  • 0 (-1) school surveillance
    • Surveillance closed May 10 at Canadian Martyrs C.E.S. (1 staff)
  • 276 tests on May 8, 14 positive (5.1% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,233 (+15) cases close contact, or 43%
  • 844 (+4) cases community transmission, or 29%
  • 392 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
  • 70 (-3) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 239 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 727 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 496 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 456 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 381 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 232 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 191 (+0) 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 Monday, May 10 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 49,136 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 248 new cases since May 9
  • 15,174 variant cases, 1,204 active, 72 deaths
    • 660 (+2) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 21 (-10) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 168 (+3) P.1 Brazil
    • 14,323 (+214) lineage not yet determined
  • 46,666 cases resolved
  • 1,842 (-35) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 628
  • 479 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 26 (+1) active, 4,225 (+23) cases 

Recovery Measures 

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

  • 541,803 total doses
  • 515,836 residents with 1 dose
  • 91.9% ages 80+ with at least 1 dose
  • 90.1% ages 75-79 with at least 1 dose
  • 84.0% ages 70-74 with at least 1 dose
  • 81.0% ages 65-69 with at least 1 dose
  • 74.3% ages 60-64 with at least 1 dose
  • 63.7% ages 55-59 with at least 1 dose
  • 58.4% ages 50-54 with at least 1 dose
  • 54.3% ages 45-49 with at least 1 dose
  • 52.3% ages 40-44 with at least 1 dose
  • 40.3% ages 35-39 with at least 1 dose

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,295 (+10) cases
  • 1,612 (+6) student cases
  • 683 (+4) staff cases
  • 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 2 (+0) are active
  • 670 (+0) school surveillances, 7 (-3) are active
  • 109 (+1) child care setting outbreaks, 20 (+1) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

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

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 22,035 (+165) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 16,341 (+104) cases, or 33%, community transmission
  • 4,291 (+13) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
  • 1,037 (-66) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 425 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 3,999 (+25) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 12,765 (+72) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,482 (+139) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,190 (+41) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,009 (+30) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,251 (+23) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,451 (+10) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,851 (+17) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,127 (+5) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,012 (+6) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 20,320 (+97) cases, 696 (-10) active
  • Markham 11,789 (+57) cases, 415 (-6) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,000 (+30) cases, 271 (-12) active
  • Newmarket 2,854 (+16) cases, 144 (-6) active
  • Aurora 1,716 (+6) cases, 77 (-4) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,396 (+14) cases, 66 (+2) active
  • Georgina 1,178 (+5) cases, 48 (-4) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,057 (+5) cases, 40 (-1) active
  • King 1,051 (+4) cases, 28 (+10) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 11, for May 10)

  • 497,092 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,073 new cases since May 8
  • 97,668 (+2,336) variant cases
    • 95,546 U.K. variant
    • 530 South African variant
    • 1,592 Brazilian variant
  • 15 more deaths, totalling 8,342
  • 92.1% of cases resolved
  • 1,782 (+150) cases are hospitalized; 802 (-26) in ICU; 568 (+21) on ventilators
  • 27,175 more tests completed, with 12,837 awaiting results
  • 8.5% positivity

Vaccines

  • 112,103 daily doses administered 
  • 6,350,881 total doses
  • 396,787 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 14,111 (+60) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 18,107 (+77) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 18,249 (+91) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,450 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 42 (+1) active
  • 853 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 (-1) active
  • 551 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 41 (+0) active
  • 3,934 (+3) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,207 (+4) cases are long-term care residents

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