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

Newmarket (reported Thursday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m.)

• 3,714 cases of COVID-19 
• 26 new cases since Dec. 15 
• 84 (+11) active cases
• 0 more deaths, totalling 53
• 3 (+1) school outbreaks
  • Clearmeadow P.S., 9 students, 1 staff
  • Poplar Bank P.S., 4 students
  • Crossland P.S., 9 students
• 9 (-1, 1 moved to outbreak) schools in surveillance
  • Sir William Mulock S.S., 1 student
  • Huron Heights S.S., 1 student
  • Alexander Muir P.S., 1 staff
  • Denne P.S., 1 student
  • Newmarket H.S., 1 student
  • Armitage Village P.S., 1 student, 1 staff
  • Rogers P.S., 2 students
  • Notre Dame C.E.S., 2 students
  • Mazo De La Roche P.S., 3 students

The Details 

• 1,372 (+6) household cases close contact, or 37%
• 309 (+5) non-household close contact, or 8%
• 1,109 (+6) cases community transmission, or 31%
• 395 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 11%
• 74 (+6) cases under investigation, or 1%
• 90 (+1) cases school outbreak, or 2%
• 70 (+1) cases travel, or 1%
• 291 (+1) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
• 937 (+16) cases age 19 to 34, or 25%
• 637 (+6) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
• 576 (+1) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
• 482 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
• 328 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 8%
• 269 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 7%
• 223 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 147 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 115 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

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

• 60,306 confirmed cases of COVID-19
• 227 new cases since Dec. 15 
  • 81 unvaccinated, 9 partially vaccinated, 137 fully vaccinated
• 874 (+121) active cases
• 0 more deaths, totalling 781
• 868 ^ new cases in last 7 days
• 1 (+0) institutional outbreak: Community Living, Richmond Hill, 2 staff
• 1 (+0) workplace outbreaks

Active school and child care cases

• 35 (+10) school outbreaks: 246 (+67) students, 24 (+6) staff
  • Clearmeadow Public School (Investigation #5), Newmarket
  • Credo Christian School, Vaughan
  • Holy Jubilee Catholic Elementary School (Investigation #3), Vaughan
  • Lester B. Pearson Public School (Investigation #3), Aurora
  • Pine Grove Public School (Investigation #6), Vaughan
  • Sharon Public School, East Gwillimbury
  • St. Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary School (Investigation #3), Markham
  • St. James Catholic Elementary School (Investigation #6), Vaughan
  • St. Jerome Catholic Elementary School (Investigation #2), Aurora
  • Vellore Woods Public School (Investigation #5), Vaughan
• 2 (+1) schools closed
  • St. Thomas Acquinas C.E.S., Georgina, 18 students, 3 staff
  • Credo Christian School, Woodbridge, 3 (+2) students
• 81 (-4) schools under surveillance: 127 (-42) students; 30 (+1) staff
• 1 (+1) child care outbreaks: Autumn Hill Academy, Vaughan, 5 children, 1 staff

Recovery Measures 

• 138 (+20) 7-day average of new cases
• 51 (+4) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate) Update not available
• 1.29 (+0.0)  7-day median reproductive number
• 5.7% positivity

Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered anywhere)

• 8,025 doses administered, 956 newly vaccinated, 6,793 dose 3 on Dec. 14 Update not available
• 80.5% residents with 1 dose; 76.2% with 2 doses
• residents 12+ 89.0% 1 dose, 87.0% 2 doses
• residents 5+ 84.6% 1 dose, 80.1% 2 doses 
• 34.3% 5-11 vaccinated at least 1 dose

The Details  

• 21,901 (+42) cases, or 36%, household close contact
• 5,262 (+29) cases, or 9%, non-household close contact
• 20,725 (+23) cases, or 35%, community transmission
• 4,203 (+3) cases, or 7%, institutional outbreak
• 864 (-8) cases, or 1%, under investigation
• 1,018 (+5) cases, or 2%, travel
• 1,564 (+23) cases, or 2%, school outbreak
• 4,592 (+13) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
• 15,783 (+82) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
• 10,019 (+26) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
• 8,911 (+39) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
• 8,100 (+15) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
• 5,301 (+31) cases age 4 to 13, or 9%
• 4,963 (+4) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
• 3,548 (+14) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
• 2,278 (+2) cases age 80+, or 4%
• 1,403 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

• Vaughan 25,359 (+62) cases, 291 ^ cases in last 7 days, 257 (+28) active
• Markham 13,587 (+46) cases, 145 ^ cases in last 7 days, 143 (+38) active
• Richmond Hill 8,552 (+37) cases, 111 ^ cases in last 7 days, 104 (+18) active
• Aurora 2,246 (+18) cases, 100 ^ cases in last 7 days, 92 (+20) active
• Newmarket 3,714 (+26) cases, 97 ^ cases in last 7 days, 84 (+11) active
• Georgina 1,535 (+12) cases, 85 ^ cases in last 7 days, 69 (+5) active
• East Gwillimbury 1,346 (+7) cases, 50 ^ cases in last 7 days, 45 (+2) active
• Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,764 (+11) cases, 45 ^ cases in last 7 days, 40 (+7) active
• King 1,441 (+3) cases, 23 ^ cases in last 7 days, 21 (+1) active

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

• 642,465 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
• 3,124 new cases since Dec. 15
  • 778 unvaccinated; 96 partially vaccinated; 2,120 fully vaccinated, 130 unknown*
• 5 more deaths, totalling 10,107
• 96.0% of cases resolved 
• 358 total hospitalized: 116 unvaccinated; 9 partially vaccinated; 85 fully vaccinated* (1 from Saskatchewan)
• 157 in ICU: 76 unvaccinated; 5 partially vaccinated; 33 fully vaccinated* 
• 98 on a ventilator
• *Vaccination status numbers may not match the daily COVID-19 case reports due to missing health card information. 

Cases in school, child care centres 

• 384 new school cases since Dec. 13 Update not available
• 10,486 total cases: 9,295 students, 1,017 staff, 174 N/A
• 1,094, 22.58%, schools with reported cases (47 closed)
• 65 new child care cases since Dec. 14
• 9,713 total cases: 6,268 children, 3,445 staff
• 237, 4.29%, centres with confirmed cases (40 closed)

Vaccinations

• 88% ages 12+ 2 doses, 3% one dose, totalling 90%
• 81% ages 5+ 2 doses, 5% one dose, totalling 86%
• 77% all ages 2 doses, 5% one dose, totalling 82%