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

2 new cases in Newmarket, as school surveillances rise to 4 with case at Sacred Heart; York Region reports 71 new cases, 27 schools with cases, as fully vaccinated residents 12+ hits 85% milestone; Ontario reports 795 new cases, 5 more deaths, as 7-day average dips
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,347 cases of COVID-19 
  • 2 new cases since Sept. 15  
  • 1,464 variant cases, 19 active
    • 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
    • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
    • 84 (+2) B.1.617.2 Delta
    • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 1,285 (-1) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,268 (+3) cases resolved
  • 28 (-1) active cases
  • 0 (-1) active child care outbreak
  • 4 (+1) schools in surveillance
    • Sacred Heart Catholic H.S., 1 student
    • Pickering College, 1 student; 2 (+1) staff
    • Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School, 1 staff 
    • Alexander Muir Public School, 2 students
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 51
  • 220 tests on Sept. 14, 3 positive (1.4% positivity)

The Details

  • 1,496 (+0) cases close contact, or 45%
  • 1,030 (+0) cases community transmission, or 31%
  • 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 46 (+0) cases under investigation, or 1%
  • 51 (+0) cases school-related
  • 43 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 280 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
  • 855 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 579 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
  • 526 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 432 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 259 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
  • 252 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 201 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 140 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 103 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Thursday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.)

  • 55,739 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 71 new cases since Sept. 15 
  • 443 new cases in last 7 days, of which 62.4% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
  • 21,223 variant cases, 145 active, 170 deaths
    • 979 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
    • 79 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
    • 4 (+0) B.1.617 
    • 5 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
    • 1,385 (+16) B.617.2 Delta
    • 473 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 18,298 (+7) lineage not yet determined 
  • 54,594 cases resolved
  • 389 (+8) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 756
  • 330 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active
  • 622 (+1) workplace outbreaks; 5 (+0) active; 5,194 (+0) cases

Active school and child care cases

  • 27 (+7) schools under surveillance: 26 (+8) students; 6 (+1) staff
  • 1 (-2) child care outbreaks: 4 (-10) children; 0 (-6) staff

Recovery Measures 

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

  • 1,728 doses administered, 677 newly vaccinated on Sept. 14 
  • 894,844 or 74.4%, residents with 1 dose
  • 844,338 or 70.2%, residents with 2 doses
  • residents 18+ 85.4% 1 dose, 81.1% 2 doses 
  • residents 12+ 85.0% 1 dose, 80.2% 2 doses 

The details 

  • 25,036 (+20) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 19,727 (+36) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,150 (+3) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 673 (-5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 689 (+5) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 956 (+5) school-related (2%)
  • 4,423 (+1) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 14,864 (+27) cases age 19 to 34, or 27%
  • 9,405 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 8,190 (+8) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,640 (+5) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,656 (+6) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 4,187 (+7) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,341 (+7) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,204 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,252 (+2) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 23,320 (+43) cases, 215 ^ cases in last 7 days, 179 (+7) active
  • Markham 12,921 (+9) cases, 69 cases in last 7 days, 59 (+2) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,982 (+7) cases, 57 ^ cases in last 7 days, 55 (-1) active
  • Newmarket 3,347 (+2) cases, 26 cases in last 7 days, 28 (-1) active
  • Aurora 1,997 (+4) cases, 25 ^ cases in last 7 days, 20 (+3) active
  • King 1,254 (+1) cases, 17 ^ cases in last 7 days, 13 (+0) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,588 (+1) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 7 (-2) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,186 (+0) cases, 9 cases in last 7 days, 7 (-1) active
  • Georgina 1,324 (+0) cases, 8 cases in last 7 days, 4 (-2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, for Sept. 16)

  • 578,048 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 795 new cases since Sept. 15
    • 460 unvaccinated; 53 partially vaccinated; 213 fully vaccinated, 69 unknown*
  • Variant cases
    • 146,452 (+0) Alpha
    • 1,502 Beta 
    • 5,227 Gamma
    • 16,086 (+161) Delta
  • 5 more deaths, totalling 9,637
  • 97.3% of cases resolved
  • 336 (-12) total hospitalized: 136 unvaccinated; 10 partially vaccinated; 30 fully vaccinated (excluding ICU)*
  • 194 (+3) in ICU: 120 unvaccinated; 9 partially vaccinated; 13 fully vaccinated*
  • 133 (+30) on a ventilator
  • 33,763 more tests completed
  • 2.4% positivity
  •  *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information. 

Cases in school, child care centres

  • 121 new school cases since Sept. 15
  • 632 total cases: 526 students, 82 staff, 24 N/A
  • 396, 8.18%, schools with reported cases
  • 16 new child care cases since Sept. 15
  • 8,230 total cases: 5,060 children, 3,170 staff
  • 113, 2.09%, centres with confirmed cases

Vaccines

  • 35,285 daily doses administered on Sept. 15
  • 10,256,563 people fully vaccinated  

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