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

18 more cases in Newmarket, 1 more variant case death; 233 new cases in York Region, 5 more deaths, as 7-day average of cases declines to 233; Ontario reports 2,362 new cases, 26 more deaths, as hospitalizations drop to 1,582 patients
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, May 13 at 5 p.m.)

  • 2,907 cases of COVID-19 
  • 18 more cases since May 12
  • 1,052 variant cases, 96 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
    • 1,000 (+19) lineage not yet determined: 465 close contact, 408 local transmission, 72 workplace, 14 school, 26 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,739 cases resolved
  • 120 (-15) active cases
  • 1 more death, totalling 48
  • 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
    • Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (5 health-care workers)
  • 2 (+1) workplace outbreaks
  • 1 (+0) school outbreak
    • Outbreak declared May 7 at Alexander Muir P.S. (2 staff)
  • 1 (+0) child care centre outbreak
    • Outbreak declared April 28 at Kidz R Us (9 children, 2 staff)
  • 420 tests on May 11, 19 positive (4.5% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,265 (+6) cases close contact, or 44%
  • 866 (+9) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 393 (+1) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
  • 64 (-2) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 243 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 740 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 504 (+2) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 464 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 388 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 232 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 197 (+3) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 161 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 136 (+1) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 85 (+4) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Thursday, May 13 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 49,754 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 233 new cases since May 12
  • 15,725 variant cases, 1,099 active, 80 deaths
    • 667 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 22 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 183 (+2) P.1 Brazil
    • 14,851 (+185) lineage not yet determined
  • 47,521 cases resolved
  • 1,596 (-69) active cases
  • 5 more deaths, totalling 637
    • A 25-year-old Newmarket man passed away May 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure local transmission)
    • A 92-year-old Aurora man passed away April 28 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure outbreak at Southlake)
    • A 53-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away May 8 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
    • A 58-year-old Vaughan man passed away May 4 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure local transmission)
    • A 75-year-old Richmond Hill woman passed away May 1 at Vaughan Cortellucci Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure close contact)
  • 489 (+8) workplace outbreaks, 30 (+7) active, 4,360 (+97) cases 

Recovery Measures 

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

  • 13,274 vaccinated May 12
  • 556,331 (45.7% of total population) at least 1 dose
  • 27,045 fully vaccinated people
  • 57.1% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose 

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,313 (+3) cases
  • 1,627 (+2) student cases
  • 686 (+1) staff cases
  • 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active
  • 671 (+1) school surveillances, 4 (+1) are active
  • 112 (+0) child care setting outbreaks, 15 (-1) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 321 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 12 (-1) active
    • Outbreak closed at Villa Da Vinci Retirement Residence, Vaughan

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 22,372 (+122) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 16,608 (+90) cases, or 33%, community transmission
  • 4,320 (+9) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
  • 973 (-12) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 431 (+0) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 4,049 (+15) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 12,978 (+83) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,582 (+29) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,273 (+28) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,082 (+36) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,291 (+10) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,497 (+17) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,877 (+8) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,133 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,041 (+10) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 20,548 (+81) cases, 587 (-34) active
  • Markham 11,965 (+67) cases, 411 (-3) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,081 (+29) cases, 227 (-18) active
  • Newmarket 2,907 (+18) cases, 120 (-15) active
  • Aurora 1,735 (+6) cases, 56 (-1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,424 (+6) cases, 55 (-3) active
  • Georgina 1,198 (+6) cases, 31 (+2) active
  • King 1,060 (+5) cases, 31 (+6) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,068 (+7) cases, 28 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 14, for May 13)

  • 504,533 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 2,362 new cases since May 12
  • 106,204 (+2,671) variant cases
    • 103,864 U.K. variant
    • 594 South African variant
    • 1,746 Brazilian variant
  • 26 more deaths, totalling 8,431
  • 92.8% of cases resolved
  • 1,582 (-50) cases are hospitalized; 777 (+1) in ICU; 560 (-8) on ventilators
  • 44,040 more tests completed, with 22,237 awaiting results
  • 6.1% positivity

Vaccines

  • 141,765 daily doses administered 
  • 6,771,128 total doses
  • 415,531 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 14,377 (+89) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 18,374 (+94) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 18,567 (+91) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,455 (+0) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (-3) active
  • 856 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 (-1) active
  • 551 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 36 (-3) active
  • 3,937 (+0) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,226 (+7) cases are long-term care residents

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