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

No new cases in Newmarket, 15 remain active; decline continues in York Region with 4 new cases, Georgina first municipality with 0 active cases; Ontario new cases bump up to 95, hospitalizations drop to 49
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 5 p.m.)

  • 255 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since Aug. 10
  • 218 cases resolved (85%)
  • 15 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 0 hospitalized
  • 6 new cases in last 7 days
  • 286 cases per 100,000 population
  • 864 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 8 positive, 852 negative, 4 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

  • 134 cases outbreak (53%)
  • 50 cases close contact
  • 38 cases community transmission
  • 6 cases under investigation
  • 20 cases travel
  • cases workplace cluster
  • 62 cases age 80+
  • 42 cases age 55 to 64
  • 40 cases age 65 to 79
  • 36 cases age 35 to 44
  • 33 cases age 20 to 34
  • 27 cases age 45 to 54
  • 13 cases age 5 to 19
  • 2 cases under age 5

York Region (reported Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 5 p.m.)

Recovery Measures

  • 33 (-5) cases reported in last 7 days
  • 278 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 6 (+1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 0.86 (-.03)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 21% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 8,849 tests Aug. 2 to 9: 49 positive, 8,768 negative

*Rt is the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus stops spreading.

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 73 institutional outbreaks; 1 active
  • Outbreak resolved Aug. 11 at Bloomington Cove Care Community, Whitchurch-Stouffville

The Nitty Gritty

  • 1,218 (+1) cases, or 37%, close contact
  • 1,002 cases, or 30%, institutional outbreak
  • 699 (+1) cases, or 21%, community transmission
  • 192, or 6%, travel
  • 151, or 5%, workplace cluster
  • 689 (+2) cases age 20 to 34, or 21%
  • 560 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 549 cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 513 cases age 80+, or 15%
  • 431 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 398 cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 169 (-1) cases age 5 to 19, or 5%
  • 23 cases under age 5, or 1%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 1,444 (+1) cases, 77 (-2) active
  • Markham 734 cases, 64 (-2) active
  • Richmond Hill 378 (+1) cases, 46 (-1) active
  • Newmarket 255 cases, 15 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 92 cases, 11 active
  • Aurora 141 cases, 7 (-5) active
  • King 52 cases, 5 (-1) active
  • East Gwillimbury 71 (+1) cases, 4 (+1) active
  • Georgina 164 cases, 0 active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):

  • 40,289 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 95 new cases since Aug. 10  
  • 1 more death, totalling 2,787
  • 49 (-11) cases are hospitalized; 20 (-1) in ICU; 10 (-2) on ventilators
  • 36,590 resolved, 90.8% of cases
  • 24,572 more tests completed, with 22,054 awaiting results
  • 0.4% (-0.1% change) positivity of tests Aug. 10

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 403 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 27 (-7) active
  • 175 (-1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 21 (+1) active
  • 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 4 active
  • 1,800 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,902 cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,564 (+4) cases are health-care workers (16.3%)

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