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

Newmarket (reported Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m.)

• 2,933 cases of COVID-19 
• 27 more cases since May 13
• 1,068 variant cases, 89 active
  • 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
  • 1 (+0) B.1.351 South Africa: 1 local transmission
  • 11 (+0) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 4 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
  • 1,016 (+16) lineage not yet determined: 469 close contact, 409 local transmission, 77 workplace, 14 school, 31 institutional outbreak, 1 travel)
• 2,763 cases resolved
• 122 (+2) active cases
• 0 more deaths, totalling 48
• 1 (+0) institutional outbreaks
  • Outbreak #4 declared May 5 at Eagle Terrace LTC, Newmarket (5 health-care workers)
• 2 (+0) workplace outbreaks
• 1 (+0) school outbreak
  • Outbreak declared May 7 at Alexander Muir P.S. (2 staff)
• 1 (+1) child care centre outbreak
  • Outbreak declared May 14 at Newmarket Cooperative Nursery School, Park Avenue (9 children)
  • 16-day outbreak closed May 14 at Kidz R Us (9 children, 2 staff)
• 418 tests on May 12, 15 positive (3.6% positivity)

The Nitty Gritty 

• 1,280 (+15) cases close contact, or 44%
• 870 (+4) cases community transmission, or 30%
• 398 (+5) cases institutional outbreak, or 14%
• 64 (+0) cases under investigation, or 2%
• 24 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
• 245 (+2) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
• 745 (+5) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
• 509 (+5) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
• 467 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
• 393 (+5) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
• 232 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
• 202 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
• 163 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
• 137 (+1) cases age 80+, or 5%
• 85 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Friday, May 14 at 5 p.m.) in stay-at-home order, state of emergency, new restrictions 

• 49,995 confirmed cases of COVID-19
• 255 new cases since May 13
• 15,932 variant cases, 1,054 active, 84 deaths
  • 673 (+6) B.1.1.7 U.K. 
  • 22 (+1) B.1.351 South Africa 
  • 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
  • 192 (+9) P.1 Brazil
  • 15,043 (+192) lineage not yet determined
• 47,812 cases resolved
• 1,542 (-54) active cases
• 4 more deaths, totalling 641
  • A 66-year-old Markham man passed away May 10 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure close contact)
  • A 64-year-old Markham woman passed away May 5 at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure close contact)
  • An 84-year-old Vaughan man passed away May 11 at Etobicoke General Hospital, Toronto (Exposure outbreak at Etobicoke General)
  • A 77-year-old Markham man passed away May 12 at at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (Exposure unknown)
• 493 (+4) workplace outbreaks, 31 (+1) active, 4,407 (+47) cases 

Recovery Measures 

• 247 (-9) 7-day average of new cases
• 155 (-5) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
• .83 (-.06) variants, .89 (-.03) SARS-CoV-2 7-day median reproductive number 
• 3,610 tests on May 12, 279 positive (7.7% positivity)

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

• 13,470 vaccinated May 13
• 569,831 (46.8% of total population) at least 1 dose
• 27,669 fully vaccinated people
• 58.5% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose 

Cases in schools, child care centres

• 2,313 (+3) cases
• 1,627 (+2) student cases
• 686 (+1) staff cases
• 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 1 (+0) are active
• 671 (+0) school surveillances, 3 (-1) are active
• 115 (+3) child care setting outbreaks, 17 (+2) are active 

Institutional Outbreaks

• 322 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 12 (+0) active
  • Outbreak closed at Sunrise Senior Living of Richmond Hill
  • Outbreak #4 declared at Richmond Hill Retirement Residence

 ​​Nitty Gritty

• 22,475 (+103) cases, or 45%, close contact
• 16,688 (+80) cases, or 33%, community transmission
• 4,334 (+14) cases, or 9%, institutional outbreak
• 978 (+5) cases, or 4%, under investigation
• 432 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
• 4,088 (+39) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
• 13,050 (+72) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
• 8,620 (+38) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
• 7,320 (+47) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
• 7,111 (+29) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
• 4,294 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
• 3,522 (+25) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
• 2,894 (+17) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 2,137 (+4) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 1,047 (+6) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

• Vaughan 20,652 (+108) cases, 578 (-9) active
• Markham 12,021 (+61) cases, 396 (-15) active
• Richmond Hill 7,100 (+20) cases, 197 (-29) active
• Newmarket 2,933 (+27) cases, 122 (+2) active
• Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,430 (+6) cases, 54 (-1) active
• Aurora 1,736 (+4) cases, 52 (-4) active
• East Gwillimbury 1,080 (+12) cases, 35 (+7) active
• Georgina 1,204 (+7) cases, 31 (+0) active
• King 1,062 (+2) cases, 29 (-2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 15, for May 14)

• 507,117 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
• 2,584 new cases since May 13
• 108,521 (+2,317) variant cases
  • 106,043 U.K. variant
  • 625 South African variant
  • 1,853 Brazilian variant
• 24 more deaths, totalling 8,455
• 92.9% of cases resolved
• 1,546 (-36) cases are hospitalized; 785 (+8) in ICU; 560 (+0) on ventilators
• 42,320 more tests completed, with 19,533 awaiting results
• 6.2% positivity

Vaccines

• 154,104 daily doses administered 
• 6,925,232 total doses
• 422,960 completed (people fully vaccinated)

Cases in schools, child care centres

• 14,483 (+106) cases ages 4 to 8
• 18,492 (+118) cases ages 9 to 13
• 18,587 (+120) cases ages 14 to 17

Institutional Outbreaks

• 1,455 (+0) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (+0) active
• 858 (+2) outbreaks at retirement homes, 16 (+0) active
• 551 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 35 (-1) active
• 3,938 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
• 15,226 (+0) cases are long-term care residents