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

Two new deaths in York Region; regional hospitalizations up 19, now at 67; Ontario reports 13 more deaths, 1,676 hospitalizations, 188 in ICU
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Newmarket (reported Friday, April 29 at 4 p.m.)

  • 7,286 cases of PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 10 new cases
    • 1 unvaccinated, 1 with at least one dose, 1 with two doses, 7 with three doses  
  • 7 (-1) institutional outbreaks
    • Community Living Central York — Newmarket, 3 (+2) staff, 4 (+2) residents 
    • Amica Newmarket, 3 (+2) staff, 4(+0) residents 
    • Chartwell Barton Retirement Residence, 8 (+1) staff, 5(+0) residents
    • Eagle Terrace LTC, 11 (+1) staff, 12 residents
    • Hillcrest Residential Group Home, 1(+0) staff, 12(+0) residents
    • Newmarket Health Centre, 22 (+3) staff, 5 (+0) residents
    • Southlake Residential Care Village, 24 (+0) staff, 14 (+0) residents
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 71
  • Residents 5+ with at least 1 dose 89.3%
  • Residents 5+ with 2 doses 86.8%

COVID-19 cases reported by Southlake Regional Health Centre on April 29

  • Number of patients with COVID-19 in ICU: 3 (+1)
  • Total number of patients with COVID-19: 27 (+8) (includes critical care)

York Region (reported Friday, April 29 at 4 p.m.)

  • 67 (+19) hospitalizations, 10 (+3) in ICU**
  • 8 new admissions on April 27
  • Weekly hospitalizations per 100,000 population April 28
    • 4.83 unvaccinated
    • 3.03 at least 2 doses
  • 107,685 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 195 new cases
    • 42 unvaccinated, 2 with at least 1 dose, 26 with 2 doses, 125 with 3 doses
  • 2 more deaths, totalling 943
    -A Vaughan woman in her 80s passed away April 23
    -A Richmond Hill man in his 70s passed away April 27.

Institutional outbreaks 41 (-2)

  • 5 new outbreaks in last 7 days
  • Outbreaks declared at:
    • Willows Estate Long Term Care Home (Outbreak #3); Town of Aurora
    • Elginwood Long Term Care Home (Outbreak #7); City of Richmond Hill
    • Participation House – Markham; City of Markham
  • Outbreaks closed at:
    • Kingbridge Transitional Shelter (Outbreak #2); King Township
    • Bloomington Cove Care Community LTC (Outbreak #4); Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Kerry's Place- Mount Albert, community living (Outbreak #2); Town of East Gwillimbury
    • Parkview Manor Group Home; Town of Newmarket
    • Sherwood Court Long Term Care Centre (Outbreak #2); City of Vaughan

Recovery Measures 

  • 204 (-14) 7-day average of new cases
  • 18.7% positivity

Vaccinations 

  • 84.3% residents with 1 dose; 81.4% with 2 doses, 50.1% with 3 doses, 3.3% with 4 doses
  • Residents 5+ 88.5% 1 dose, 85.6% 2 doses 
  • 63.3% 5-11 vaccinated at least 1 dose 

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 40,722(+175) cases, 417 ^ cases in last 7 days, 417 active
  • Markham 24,567 (+178) cases, 382  cases in last 7 days, 376 active
  • Richmond Hill 16,036 (+117) cases, 229 cases in last 7 days, 230 active
  • Newmarket 7,286 (+37) cases, 109 cases in last 7 days, 118 active
  • Aurora 4,728 (+40) cases, 65^ cases in last 7 days, 75 active
  • Georgina 3,178 (+15) cases, 34 cases in last 7 days, 46 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 3,612 (+26) cases, 57 cases in last 7 days, 57 active
  • East Gwillimbury 2,711 (+16) cases, 47  cases in last 7 days, 46  active
  • King 2,546 (+13) cases, 33 cases in last 7 days, 25 active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on April 30 for April 29)

  • 1,258,137 PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 7-day average of cases by vaccination status, per 100,000 people:
    • not fully vaccinated 12.1 
    • fully vaccinated 11.57 ^ 
    • with booster 25.28 ^
  • 2,799  new PCR confirmed cases
  • 13 more deaths, totalling 12,825
  • 7-day average of deaths by vaccinations status, all ages, per 100,000 people:
    • not fully vaccinated 0.06
    • fully vaccinated 0.02 
    • with booster 0.06 
  • 1,676  hospitalized: 255 unvaccinated; 65 partially vaccinated; 1,081 fully vaccinated* 
  • 188 in ICU: 27 unvaccinated; 8 partially vaccinated; 88 fully vaccinated* 
  • 89 on a ventilator
  • *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information.

Vaccinations

  • 83% all ages fully vaccinated, 3% partially vaccinated, totalling 86%

**Data note from York Region Public Health: Hospitalization data indicates COVID-19 positive individuals in York Region hospitals and is not limited to York Region residents. The data includes individuals hospitalized for COVID-19 and those who may be in hospital for another reason but tested positive for COVID-19. *With the rapid transmission of Omicron and provincial changes in testing eligibility and case management, case counts and outbreaks reported are an underestimate of the number of individuals with COVID-19 and outbreaks in York Region and Ontario.