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

Newmarket (reported Saturday, Jan. 2 at 5 p.m.)

959 cases of COVID-19
19 more cases since Jan. 1 (28 cases reported Jan. 1)
824 (+24) cases resolved (86%)
105 (+23) active cases
1 more death, totalling 30
- A 71-year-old Newmarket woman passed away Dec. 30 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (Exposure - close contact)
12 (+3) hospitalized, 1 (+1) in ICU
6 (+1) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Dec. 30 at The Renoir Retirement Residence (4 residents, 2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 30 at Newleaf - Pines Residence (1 resident, 4 (+3) staff)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 28 at Chartwell Alexander Muir Retirement Residence (2 health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 24 at Selby Group Home (1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Dec. 21 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (7 patients, 18 (+3) health-care workers)
- Outbreak declared Nov. 7 at Newmarket Health Centre, Eagle Street (25 residents, 27 health-care workers)
1 school closed
- Canadian Martyrs to Jan. 4
1 school outbreaks
- Outbreak declared Dec. 26 at St. Elizabeth Seton #2 (5 staff)
1 (-3) school surveillance: Rogers #2 (1 student)
1 (+1) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Dec. 31 at Learning Jungle Newmarket (2 children, 1 staff)
106 (+22) new cases in last 7 days
1,747 tests Dec. 20 to 26: 91 positive (5%), 1,654 negative, 2 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

371 (+7) cases close contact, or 39%
213 (+5) cases institutional outbreak, or 22%
188 (+3) cases community transmission, or 20%
118 (+33) cases under investigation, or 12%
32 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
29 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 3%
227 (+18) cases age 19 to 34, 24%
159 (+8) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
140 (+9) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
129 (+3) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
99 (+4) cases age 80+, or 10%
88 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
58 (+3) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
44 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
15 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

York Region (reported Saturday, Jan. 2 at 5 p.m.) at grey lockdown zone

18,482 confirmed cases of COVID-19
359 new cases since Jan. 1 (395 confirmed Jan. 1)
16,132(+470) cases resolved (87%)
1,982 (+622) active cases
9 more deaths, totalling 368
- An 85-year-old Vaughan man passed away Dec. 28 at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, City of Barrie (Exposure - close contact)
- A 79-year-old Markham man passed away Dec. 18 at Markham Stouffville Hospital (Exposure - close contact)
- A 94-year-old Vaughan man passed away Dec. 28 at Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto (Exposure - close contact)
- A 71-year-old Newmarket woman passed away Dec. 30 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure - close contact)
- A 77-year-old Vaughan man passed away Jan. 1 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - workplace outbreak)
- A 75-year-old Markham woman passed away Dec. 24 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Exposure - outbreak at St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital/Sunnybrook)
- A 79-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Dec. 29 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - unknown)
- An 89-year-old Aurora woman passed away Dec. 31 at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket (Exposure - outbreak at Kingsway Place Retirement Residence, Aurora)
- An 81-year-old Vaughan man passed away Dec. 31 at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill (Exposure - close contact)
129 (-1) cases are hospitalized, 19 (+0) patients in ICU
291 (+3) workplace outbreaks, 28 (+0) active, 2,113 (+24) cases

Recovery Measures

2,171 (+290) new cases reported in last 7 days
147 (+7) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
39 (+1) new hospitalizations in last 7 days
1.12 (-0.01) 7-day median reproductive number*
38% (-3%) of new cases unknown source of infection
20,306 total tests Dec. 20 to 26: 1,571 (8%) positive, 18,636 negative, 99 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

52 (+1) school outbreaks, 6 (+0) active
346 (-1) schools under surveillance, 11 (-35) active
31 (+1) child care outbreaks, 4 (-1) active
902 (+10) total school and child care cases
658 (+7) student/children cases
244 (+3) staff cases

Institutional Outbreaks

178 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 29 (-4) active
- Outbreak #3 declared Dec. 31 at Mon Sheong – Markham retirement home (1 staff)
- Outbreak #2 declared Jan. 1 at Maple Health Centre, Vaughan (1 resident, 1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #5 declared Dec. 31 at Mackenzie Health hospital, A2 Stroke unit, Richmond Hill (4 patients, 1 health-care worker)
- Outbreaks closed at Revera Elginwood LTC, Richmond Hill; Woodbridge Vista LTC, Vaughan; New Leaf – Oak, East Gwillimbury; Chartwell Pine Grove LTC, Vaughan; Participation House, Markham; and Sunrise of Aurora

The Nitty Gritty

8,678 (+408) cases, or 47%, close contact
4,435 (+109) cases, or 25%, community transmission
2,086 (+49) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
2,106 (+321) cases under investigation, or 11%
327 (+3) cases, or 2% travel
618 (+13) cases, or 3%, workplace outbreak
4,744 (+237) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
3,132 (+144) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
2,762 (+93) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
2,518 (+55) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
1,737 (+45) cases age 65 to 79, or 10%
1,253 (+33) cases age 80+, or 7%
1,125 (+49) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
925 (+43) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
286 (+10) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

Vaughan 7,912 (+131) cases, 818 (+179) active
Markham 5,066 (+113) cases, 510 (+124) active
Richmond Hill 2,220 (+56) cases, 257 (+39) active
Newmarket 959 (+19) cases, 105 (+23) active
King 458 (+6) cases, 69 (+8) active
Aurora 575 (+13) cases, 62 (+12) active
Whitchurch-Stouffville 481 (+8) cases, 56 (+5) active
East Gwillimbury 357 (+6) cases, 50 (+2) active
Georgina 379 (+5) cases, 42 (+5) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, for Jan. 1)

187,998 confirmed cases of COVID-19
3,363 new cases since Dec. 31
44 more deaths, totalling 4,625
160,526 resolved 85.4% of cases
1,003 (+180) cases are hospitalized; 322 (-15) in ICU; 220 (+10) on ventilators (More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
61,401 more tests completed, with 41,709 awaiting results
5.7% (-2.7%) positivity Dec. 30

Cases in schools, child care centres and homes