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

No new cases in Newmarket for 2nd day this week, active cases drop to 30; York Region confirms 64 new cases, 2 more deaths, including 43-year-old Aurora woman, as incidence rate plunges to 31 cases per 100K residents; Ontario reports 870 new cases, 10 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, June 2 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,123 cases of COVID-19 
  • 0 more cases since June 1
  • 1,258 variant cases, 26 active
    • 44 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.
    • 3 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa
    • 1 (+0) B.1.617.2
    • 13 (+0) P.1 Brazil
    • 1,197 (-1) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,040 cases resolved
  • 30 (-5) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 49
  • 3 (+1) workplace outbreaks
  • 88 tests on May 31, 1 positive (1.1% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty  

  • 1,396 (+0) cases close contact, or 44%
  • 947 (-2) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 391 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 13%
  • 45 (+0) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 25 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
  • 267 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 785 (-1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 548 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
  • 496 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 412 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 242 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 229 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 184 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 138 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 89 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Wednesday, June 2 at 5 p.m.)

  • 52,069 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 64 new cases since June 1
  • 17,773 variant cases, 273 active, 108 deaths
    • 753 (+1) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
    • 53 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
    • 1 (+0) B.617.1 India
    • 4 (+0) B.617.2 India
    • 289 (+0) P.1 Brazil
    • 16,671 (+0) lineage not yet determined
  • 50,965 cases resolved
  • 432 (-23) active cases
  • 2 more deaths, totalling 672
    • A 56-year-old Vaughan man passed away May 30 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure close contact)
    • A 43-year-old Aurora woman passed away May 28 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure close contact)
  • 572 (+10) workplace outbreaks, 47 (+2) active, 4,949 (+36) cases 

Recovery Measures 

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

  • 4,515 vaccinated June 1
  • 754,837 (62.0% of total population) at least 1 dose
  • 62,983 fully vaccinated people
  • 73.5% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose 

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • 2,373 (+2) cases
  • 1,672 (+2) student/child cases
  • 701 (+1) staff cases
  • 133 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active
    • Outbreak declared May 28 at Markham Gateway Public School, Markham (2 staff)
  • 676 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (-1) are active
  • 124 (+0) child care outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 327 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 8 (+0) active

 ​​Nitty Gritty 

  • 23,451 (+4) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 18,041 (+8) cases, or 34%, community transmission
  • 4,082 (+2) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 722 (+7) cases, or 2%, under investigation
  • 430 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 917 (+1) school-related (2%)
  • 4,354 (+9) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,606 (+11) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 8,943 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,664 (+4) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,342 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,441 (-4) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,721 (+6) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,080 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,168 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,104 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 21,557 (+30) cases, 204 ^ cases in last 7 days, 169 (-1) active
  • Markham 12,425 (+15) cases, 110 ^ cases in last 7 days, 79 (-7) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,401 (+10) cases, 82 cases in last 7 days, 71 (-4) active
  • Newmarket 3,123 (+0) cases, 33 cases in last 7 days, 30 (-5) active
  • Aurora 1,825 (+1) cases, 27 cases in last 7 days, 26 (-1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,492 (+2) cases, 20 ^ cases in last 7 days, 14 (-1) active
  • Georgina 1,261 (+2) cases, 11 cases in last 7 days, 9 (-4) active
  • King 1,111 (+2) cases, 11 cases in last 7 days, 12 (-2) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,127 (+0) cases, 12 cases in last 7 days, 10 (+0) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on June 3, for June 2)

  • 533,761 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 870 new cases since June 1
  • 132,434 (+926) variant cases
    • 128,559 U.K. variant
    • 954 South African variant
    • 2,921 Brazilian variant
  • 10 more deaths, totalling 8,801
  • 96.5% of cases resolved
  • 729 (+21) cases are hospitalized; 546 (-30) in ICU; 370 (-29) on ventilators
  • 34,277 more tests completed, with 15,700 awaiting results
  • 2.8% positivity

Vaccines

  • 150,884 daily doses administered 
  • 9,493,005 total doses
  • 834,981 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in school-age children

  • 15,609 (+41) cases ages 4 to 8
  • 19,685 (+43) cases ages 9 to 13
  • 20,048 (+44) cases ages 14 to 17

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