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

2 new cases in Newmarket, including at Alexander Muir P.S.; York Region confirms 76 new cases, with 67% of 454  new cases in last 7 days unvaccinated; Ontario's new cases jump by 864, of which 76% are not fully vaccinated or status unknown, with 3 more deaths
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,345 cases of COVID-19 
  • 2 new cases since Sept. 14  
  • 1,463 variant cases, 21 active
    • 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
    • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
    • 82 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
    • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 1,286 (+2) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,265 (+4) cases resolved
  • 29 (-2) active cases
  • 1 active child care outbreak at Tiny Hoppers, declared Sept. 1: 7 children, 2 staff
  • 3 (+0) schools in surveillance
    • Pickering College, 1 student; 1 (-1) staff
    • Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School, 1 staff 
    • Alexander Muir Public School, 2 (+1) students
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 51
  • 129 tests on Sept. 13, 3 positive (2.3% positivity)

The Details

  • 1,496 (+0) cases close contact, or 45%
  • 1,030 (+0) cases community transmission, or 31%
  • 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 46 (+1) cases under investigation, or 1%
  • 51 (+1) cases school-related
  • 43 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 279 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 854 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 579 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 526 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 432 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 259 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
  • 252 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 200 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 140 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 103 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m.)

  • 55,671 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 76 new cases since Sept. 14 
  • 454 ^ new cases in last 7 days, of which 67.2% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
  • 21,200 variant cases, 151 active, 170 deaths
    • 979 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
    • 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
    • 4 (+0) B.1.617 
    • 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
    • 1,369 (+11) B.617.2 Delta
    • 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 18,291 (+14) lineage not yet determined 
  • 54,534 cases resolved
  • 381 (+11) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 756
  • 330 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active
  • 621 (+0) workplace outbreaks; 5 (+0) active; 5,194 (+3) cases

Active school and child care cases

  • 18 (+2) schools under surveillance: 18 (+6) students; 5 (-2) staff
  • 3 (-1) child care outbreaks: 14 (-1) children; 6 (-1) staff

Recovery Measures 

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

  • 1,728 doses administered, 677 newly vaccinated on Sept. 14 
  • 893,947 or 74.3%, residents with 1 dose
  • 843,139 or 70.1%, residents with 2 doses
  • residents 18+ 85.3% 1 dose, 81.0% 2 doses 
  • residents 12+ 84.9% 1 dose, 80.1% 2 doses 

The details 

  • 25,016 (+31) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 19,689 (+35) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,147 (+1) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 678 (-1) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 684 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 951 (+4) school-related (2%)
  • 4,422 (+2) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 14,837 (+19) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
  • 9,399 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 8,182 (+17) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,635 (+6) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,650 (+5) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 4,180 (+8) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,334 (+9) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,204 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,250 (+5) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 23,279 (+40) cases, 210 ^ cases in last 7 days, 172 (+10) active
  • Markham 12,912 (+16) cases, 70 ^ cases in last 7 days, 57 (+6) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,975 (+7) cases, 56 cases in last 7 days, 56 (+0) active
  • Newmarket 3,345 (+2) cases, 34 ^ cases in last 7 days, 29 (-2) active
  • Aurora 1,993 (+6) cases, 21 ^ cases in last 7 days, 17 (+3) active
  • King 1,253 (+1) cases, 13 cases in last 7 days, 13 (+0) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,587 (+1) cases, 9 cases in last 7 days, 9 (+1) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,186 (+1) cases, 10 cases in last 7 days, 8 (-1) active
  • Georgina 1,324 (+1) cases, 10 cases in last 7 days, 6 (-5) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 16, for Sept. 15)

  • 577,253 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 864 new cases since Sept. 14
    • 533 unvaccinated; 56 partially vaccinated; 209 fully vaccinated, 66 unknown*
  • Variant cases
    • 146,452 (+1) Alpha
    • 1,502 Beta 
    • 5,227 Gamma
    • 15,925 (+236) Delta
  • 3 more deaths, totalling 9,632
  • 97.3% of cases resolved
  • 348 (+2) total hospitalized: 146 unvaccinated; 9 partially vaccinated; 29 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
  • 191 (+3) in ICU: 115 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 13 fully vaccinated*
  • 103 (-22) on a ventilator
  • 34,365 more tests completed
  • 2.4% positivity
  •  *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information. 

Vaccines

  • 35,463 daily doses administered on Sept. 14
  • 10,236,143 people fully vaccinated  

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