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

21 more cases in Newmarket, 1 more child care outbreak; York Region confirms 176 new cases, 3 more deaths as incidence rate declines to 116 cases per 100K population — below Peel, Toronto, Durham; Ontario reports 1,890 new cases, 27 more deaths, with 22,200 active cases
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, May 20 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,029 cases of COVID-19 
  • 21 more cases since May 19
  • 1,168 variant cases, 99 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
    • 1,115 (+117) lineage not yet determined: 523 close contact, 445 local transmission, 84 workplace, 14 school, 34 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
  • 2,862 cases resolved
  • 119 (+3) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 48
  • 0 (-2) workplace outbreaks
  • 3 (+1) child care centre outbreak
    • Outbreak declared May 19 at Private Home Day Care #20 (3 children)
    • 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)
  • 295 tests on May 18, 9 positive (3.1% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

  • 1,334 (+8) cases close contact, or 44%
  • 924 (+10) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 386 (+2) cases institutional outbreak, or 13%
  • 54 (-2) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 25 (+1) cases travel, or 1%
  • 254 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 769 (+3) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 531 (+8) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 482 (+2) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 402 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 236 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 213 (+4) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 171 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
  • 138 (+0) cases age 80+, or 5%
  • 87 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Thursday, May 20 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

  • 50,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 176 new cases since May 19
  • 16,745 variant cases, 773 active, 93 deaths
    • 6769(+3) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 26 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 1 (+1) B.617.1 India
    • 208 (+4) P.1 Brazil
    • 15,829 (+177) lineage not yet determined
  • 48,198 cases resolved
  • 1,094 (-37) active cases
  • 3 more deaths, totalling 653
    • A 64-year-old Markham woman passed away May 14 at Markham Stouffville Hospitalm Markham (Exposure local transmission) 
    • A 67-year-old Markham man passed away May 5 at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure local transmission) 
    • A 75-year-old Richmond Hill man passed away May 11 at Vaughan Cortellucci Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure close contact)
  • 507 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 32 (-3) active, 4,619 (+48) cases 

Recovery Measures 

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

  • 10,752 vaccinated May 19
  • 641,895 (52.7% of total population) at least 1 dose
  • 32,621 fully vaccinated people
  • 65.7% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose 

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,346 (+0) cases
  • 1,655 (+2) student/child cases
  • 691 (-2) staff cases
  • 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 0 (+0) are active
  • 672 (+0) school surveillances, 2 (-1) are active
  • 121 (+0) child care outbreaks, 16 (-3) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 324 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 12 (-1) active
    • Outbreak closed May 19 at 360 Kids Youth Drop-In Centre, Richmond Hill

 ​​Nitty Gritty

  • 22,869 (+77) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 17,501 (+62) cases, or 34%, community transmission
  • 4,090 (+9) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 820 (+7) cases, or 4%, under investigation
  • 425 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 4,227 (+17) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,295 (+48) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,762 (+23) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,490 (+34) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,210 (+19) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,367 (+10) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,603 (+15) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 2,974 (+14) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,155 (+5) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,080 (+6) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 21,057 (+77) cases, 447 (-9) active
  • Markham 12,212 (+26) cases, 237 (-26) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,207 (+18) cases, 117 (-2) active
  • Newmarket 3,029 (+21) cases, 119 (+3) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,465 (+8) cases, 41 (-2) active
  • Aurora 1,769 (+6) cases, 34 (-2) active
  • Georgina 1,234 (+7) cases, 32 (+3) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,097 (+5) cases, 29 (+3) active
  • King 1,073 (+1) cases, 11 (-2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 21, for May 20)

  • 518,980 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 1,890 new cases since May 19
  • 118,632 (+1,290) variant cases
    • 115,799 U.K. variant
    • 691 South African variant
    • 2,142 Brazilian variant
  • 27 more deaths, totalling 8,579
  • 94.1% of cases resolved
  • 1,265 (-55) cases are hospitalized; 715 (-6) in ICU; 510 (+17) on ventilators
  • 45,406 more tests completed, with 20,642 awaiting results
  • 5.4% positivity

Vaccines

  • 158,524 daily doses administered 
  • 7,735,148 total doses
  • 495,757 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 14,980 (+83) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 19,003 (+88) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 19,261 (+95) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 1,465 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (+0) active
  • 862 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 15 (+0) active
  • 557 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 30 (-2) active
  • 3,945 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
  • 15,255 (+14) cases are long-term care residents

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