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

Newmarket (reported Thursday, Aug. 12 at 5 p.m.)

• 3,192 cases of COVID-19 
• 2 new cases since Aug. 11
• 1,338 variant cases, 6 active
  • 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
  • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
  • 10 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
  • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
  • 1,233 (+0) lineage not yet determined
• 3,122 (+0) cases resolved
• 19 (+1) active cases
• 0 more deaths, totalling 51
• 118 tests on Aug. 10, 1 positive (0.8% positivity)

The Details

• 1,427 (+1) cases close contact, or 45%
• 974 (+0) cases community transmission, or 30%
• 387 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
• 50 (-1) cases under investigation, or 2%
• 29 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
• 272 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
• 799 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
• 559 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
• 505 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
• 419 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
• 250 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
• 240 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
• 190 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 139 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 91 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Thursday, Aug. 12 at 5 p.m.)

• 53,321 confirmed cases of COVID-19
• 35 new cases since Aug. 11   
• 309 (-16) new cases in last 7 days, of which 63.1% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
• 19,485 variant cases, 35 active, 160 deaths
  • 974 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
  • 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
  • 2 (+0) B.1.617 
  • 1 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
  • 242 (+10) B.617.2 Delta
  • 468 (+0) P.1 Gamma
  • 17,719 (+4) lineage not yet determined
• 52,295 cases resolved
• 279 (-1) active cases
• 1 more death, totalling 747
  • A 72-year-old Vaughan woman passed away Aug. 9 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, Vaughan (Exposure close contact)
• 610 (+3) workplace outbreaks; 5 (+3) active; 5,152 (+13) cases 
• 1 (+0) child care outbreak; 15 (+0) children, 1 (+0) staff (Vaughan)

Recovery Measures 

• 44 (-2) 7-day average of new cases
• 21 (+1) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
• 0.50 (-0.01) Alpha variants, 1.25 (-0.09) Delta variants 7-day median reproductive number* 
• 1,652 tests on Aug. 10, 48 positive (2.9% positivity)
• *York Region has updated the daily reproductive number (Rt) data to compare Alpha and Delta variant cases; previously, the Rt data compared variants of concern and SARS-CoV-2 (reference strain). The Rt estimates the average number of people infected for every one person with COVID-19; when it is greater than one, the number of cases is expected to increase; when Rt is less than one, it is expected cases will decrease and transmissions will slow.

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

• 2,733 doses administered, 515 newly vaccinated on Aug. 10
• 1,649,239 total doses 
• 863,833 or 71.8%, residents with 1 dose
• 788,656 or 65.6%, residents with 2 doses
• residents 18+ 83.0% 1 dose, 76.5% 2 doses 
• residents 12+ 82.0% 1 dose, 74.9% 2 doses 

Institutional Outbreaks

• 328 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active

The details 

• 23,946 (+15) cases, or 45%, close contact
• 18,714 (+10) cases, or 35%, community transmission
• 4,075 (+2) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
• 665 (-10) cases, or 1%, under investigation
• 538 (+6) cases, or 1%, travel
• 935 (+0) school-related (2%)
• 4,367 (+9) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
• 14,014 (+13) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
• 9,099 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
• 7,839 (+5) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
• 7,460 (-1) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
• 4,541 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
• 3,840 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
• 3,183 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 2,183 (-1) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 1,162 (+3) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

• Vaughan 22,163 (+22) cases, 168 cases in last 7 days, 151 (+1) active
• Richmond Hill 7,704 (+3) cases, 51 cases in last 7 days, 43 (-4) active
• Markham 12,618 (+1) cases, 26 cases in last 7 days, 23 (-2) active
• King 1,158 (+2) cases, 15 cases in last 7 days, 13 (+0) active
• Newmarket 3,192 (+2) cases, 19 cases in last 7 days, 19 (+1) active
• Aurora 1,867 (+1) cases, 6 cases in last 7 days, 7 (+1) active
• Georgina 1,291 (+0) cases, 5 ^ cases in last 7 days, 4 (-1) active
• East Gwillimbury 1,145 (+0) cases, 4 cases in last 7 days, 4 (+0) active
• Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,521 (+1) cases, 4 ^ cases in last 7 days, 4 (+1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 13, for Aug. 12)

• 554,472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
• 510 new cases since Aug. 11
  • 368 unvaccinated; 57 partially vaccinated; 85 fully vaccinated*
• 158,344 (+161) variant cases
  • 145,656 Alpha
  • 1,493 Beta 
  • 5,176 Gamma
  • 6019 Delta
• 4 more deaths, totalling 9,416 (due to data cleanup, 2 of the deaths reported today occurred more than 2 months ago)
• 97.7% of cases resolved
• 123 (+7) total hospitalized: 64 unvaccinated; 6 partially vaccinated; 9 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
• 111 (-2) in ICU: 52 unvaccinated; 5 partially vaccinated; 3 fully vaccinated*
• 72 (-4) on ventilators
• 23,586 more tests completed
•  *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information. 
• 2.0% positivity

Vaccines

• 48,682 daily doses administered on Aug. 12
• 20,096,593 total doses
• 9,493,726 people fully vaccinated