Newmarket (reported Tuesday, May 18 at 5 p.m.)
- 2,989 cases of COVID-19
- 5 more cases since May 17
- 1,136 variant cases, 98 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
- 12 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 5 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
- 1,083 (+14) lineage not yet determined: 510 close contact, 431 local transmission, 81 workplace, 14 school, 32 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
- 2,831 cases resolved
- 110 (-15) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 48
- 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (6 health-care workers)
- 2 (+0) workplace outbreaks
- 0 (-1) school outbreak
- 11-day outbreak closed May 17 at Alexander Muir P.S. (2 staff)
- 2 (+1) child care centre outbreak
- Outbreak declared May 17 at Znaika Home Day Care (1 child, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared May 14 at Newmarket Cooperative Nursery School, Park Avenue (7 children)
- 10 tests on May 15, 0 positive (0.0% positivity) *Update N/A
The Nitty Gritty
- 1,315 (+2) cases close contact, or 44%
- 899 (+10) cases community transmission, or 30%
- 399 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
- 48 (-10) cases under investigation, or 2%
- 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
- 252 (+4) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 761 (+2) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 520 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 476 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 399 (+2) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 235 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 208 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 167 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 137 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
- 86 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Tuesday, May 18 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions
- 50,593 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 90 new cases since May 17
- 16,513 variant cases, 851 active, 91 deaths
- 675 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 26 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa
- 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
- 203 (+0) P.1 Brazil
- 15,607 (+128) lineage not yet determined
- 48,785 cases resolved
- 1,159 (-142) active cases
- 2 more deaths, totalling 649
- A 78-year-old Markham man passed away May 16 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure local transmission)
- An 86-year-old Vaughan man passed away May 16 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure local transmission)
- 500 (+4) workplace outbreaks, 34 (+3) active, 4,476 (+23) cases
Recovery Measures
- 192 (-8) 7-day average of new cases
- 130 (-6) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- .85 (+.0) variants, .92 (+.0) SARS-CoV-2 7-day median reproductive number
- 175 tests on May 15, 175 positive (4.6% positivity) *Update N/A
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)
- 11,735 vaccinated May 17
- 620,148 (50.9% of total population) at least 1 dose
- 30,406 fully vaccinated people
- 63.5% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 2,342 (+4) cases
- 1,650 (+3) student/child cases
- 692 (+1) staff cases
- 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 0 (-0) are active
- 672 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (-1) are active
- 119 (+1) child care outbreaks, 18 (-2) are active
Institutional Outbreaks
- 322 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 12 (+0) active
Nitty Gritty
- 22,791 (+15) cases, or 45%, close contact
- 17,169 (+198) cases, or 34%, community transmission
- 4,158 (-128) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
- 864 (-49) cases, or 4%, under investigation
- 425 (-5) cases, or 1%, travel
- 4,184 (+55) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 13,203 (+26) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 8,712 (+13) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 7,425 (+14) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,174 (+12) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,338 (+6) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 3,576 (+19) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 2,949 (+5) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,145 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,071 (+4) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 20,911 (+36) cases, 465 (-57) active
- Markham 12,154 (+29) cases, 279 (-6) active
- Richmond Hill 7,162 (+9) cases, 120 (-26) active
- Newmarket 2,989 (+5) cases, 110 (-15) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,451 (+2) cases, 44 (-5) active
- Aurora 1,754 (+1) cases, 33 (-4) active
- Georgina 1,223 (+2) cases, 31 (-3) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,091 (+3) cases, 27 (-3) active
- King 1,071 (+2) cases, 18 (-12) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 19, for May 18)
- 514,690 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,588 new cases since May 17
- 115,501 (+1,833) variant cases
- 112,759 U.K. variant
- 683 South African variant
- 2,059 Brazilian variant
- 19 more deaths, totalling 8,525
- 93.8% of cases resolved
- 1,401 (-83) cases are hospitalized; 735 (-29) in ICU; 539 (-20) on ventilators
- 38,422 more tests completed, with 26,091 awaiting results
- 5.2% positivity
Vaccines
- 145,461 daily doses administered
- 7,431,638 total doses
- 456,784 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 14,792 (+60) cases ages 4 to 8
- 18,796 (+59) cases ages 9 to 13
- 19,057 (+65) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,462 (+4) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (+2) active
- 862 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 17 (+2) active
- 556 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 32 (-2) active
- 3,943 (+3) long-term care resident deaths
- 15,238 (+5) cases are long-term care residents
