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

1 more case in Newmarket, and 2 more travel cases identified; 29 new cases in York Region, as median Rt remains above 1.0 for 2nd week; Ontario new cases drop to 335 after yesterday's spike, testing results backlog continues to rise
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m.)

  • 272 cases of COVID-19
  • 1 new case since Sept. 21
  • 241 (+1) cases resolved (89%)
  • 9 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 3 (+1) hospitalized
  • 7 new cases in last 7 days
  • 305 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 756 tests Sept. 13 to 19: 1 positive, 753 negative, 2 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

  • 134 cases outbreak, or 49%
  • 56 (+1) cases close contact, or 20%
  • 49 cases community transmission, or 18%
  • 1 cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 23 (+2) cases travel, or 8%
  • 7 cases workplace cluster
  • 62 cases age 80+, or 23%
  • 44 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
  • 43 cases age 65 to 79, or 16%
  • 40 cases age 19 to 34, 15%
  • 40 (+1) cases age 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 30 cases age 45 to 54, or 11%
  • 7 cases age 4 to 13, or 3%
  • 5 cases age 14 to 18, or 2%
  • 1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%

York Region (reported Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,931 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 29 new cases since Sept. 21
  • 3,393 (+22) cases resolved (86%)
  • 284 (+7) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 254
  • 15 (+1) cases are hospitalized; 2 patients in ICU
  • 391 health-care workers infected
  • 119 (+3) workplace cluster locations, 14 (+3) active, 676 (+7) cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 222 (-7) new cases reported in last 7 days
  • 327 (+2) cases per 100,000 population
  • 26 (+5) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 1.13 (-0.04)  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 38% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 8,476 total tests Sept. 13 to 19: 103 positive, 8,364 negative, 9 indeterminate

*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.

Cases in schools, child care centres

  • Full daily update here
  • 1 (+1) school outbreaks
  • 0 schools closed
  • 9 (-1) cases in schools under surveillance
  • 2 active child care centre outbreaks

Institutional Outbreaks

The Nitty Gritty

  • 1,564 (+29) cases, or 39%, close contact
  • 1,010 cases, or 26%, institutional outbreak
  • 878 (+8) cases, or 22%, community transmission
  • 226 (+2), or 6%, travel
  • 151, or 4%, workplace cluster
  • 965 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, or 25%
  • 644 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 636 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
  • 530 (+1) cases age 80+, or 14%
  • 475 (+2) cases age 65 to 79, or 12%
  • 462 (+6) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 111 cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
  • 75 (+2) cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
  • 33 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 1,674 (+11) cases, 117 (+5) active
  • Markham 893 (+10) cases, 60 (-2) active
  • Richmond Hill 492 (+2) cases, 58 active
  • East Gwillimbury 89 (+2) cases, 14 (+2) active
  • King 66 cases, 10 active
  • Newmarket 272 (+1) cases, 9 active
  • Aurora 166 (+1) cases, 9 (+1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 109 (+1) cases, 6 active
  • Georgina 169 (+1) cases, 1 (+1) active

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

  • 48,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 335 new cases since Sept. 21
  • 3 new deaths, totalling 2,835
  • 41,600 resolved 86.5% of cases
  • 88 (+6) cases are hospitalized; 24 in ICU; 9 (-2) on ventilators
  • 35,436 more tests completed, with 48,079 awaiting results
  • 1.5% (0.0%) positivity Sept. 21

Cases in schools, child care centres and homes 

Institutional Outbreaks 

  • 447 outbreaks at long-term care homes, 28 (+1) active
  • 200 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 22 (+2) active
  • 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 2 active
  • 1,830 (+2) long-term care resident deaths
  • 6,030 (+4) cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,911 (+6) cases are health-care workers (14.5%) 


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