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

0 new cases in Newmarket for 3rd day in a row, 5 cases are active; York Region reports small spike of 28 new cases, including 5 travel related — highest since June 16 — and 1 more death; Ontario reports 158 new cases, 4 more deaths, as rolling 7-day average sees uptick to 160
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, July 27 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,170 cases of COVID-19 
  • 0 new cases since July 25
  • 1,324 variant cases, 0 active
    • 59 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
    • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
    • 3 (+0) B.1.617.2 Delta
    • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 1,227 (+0) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,114 (+1) cases resolved
  • 5 (-1) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 51
  • 107 tests on July 25, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)

The Details

  • 1,422 (+0) cases close contact, or 45%
  • 965 (+0) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 389 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 44 (+0) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 27 (+0) cases travel, or 1%
  • 270 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 792 (+0) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 556 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
  • 503 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
  • 418 (+0) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
  • 250 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
  • 234 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 188 (+0) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 139 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 90 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%

York Region (reported Tuesday, July 27 at 5 p.m.)

  • 52,819 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 28 new cases since July 26  
  • 19,329 variant cases, 9 active, 159 deaths
    • 970 (+0) B.1.1.7 Alpha 
    • 80 (+0) B.1.351 Beta 
    • 2 (+0) B.1.617 
    • 1 (+0) B.617.1 Kappa
    • 126 (+0) B.617.2 Delta
    • 467 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 17,683 (+3) lineage not yet determined
  • 51,999 cases resolved
  • 76 (+19) active cases
  • 1 more deaths, totalling 744
    • A 75-year-old Vaughan woman passed away July 20 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, symptom onset March 22 (Exposure local transmission)
  • 605 (+0) workplace outbreaks, 2 (+0) active, 5,134 (+0) cases 

Recovery Measures 

  • 12 (+3) 7-day average of new cases
  • (+0) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 0.56 (-0.01) Alpha variants, 0.76 (0.05) Delta variants 7-day median reproductive number
  • 961 tests on July 25, 8 positive (0.8% 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)

  • 5,644 doses administered, 940 newly vaccinated on July 26
  • 1,590,266 total doses 
  • 850,892 or 70.7%, residents with 1 dose
  • 739,374 or 61.5%, residents with 2 doses
  • residents 18+ 82.0% 1 dose, 72.3% 2 doses 
  • residents 12+ 80.8% 1 dose, 70.2% 2 doses 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 328 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active

The details 

  • 23,766 (+9) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 18,482 (+5) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,066 (+1) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 670 (+8) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 479 (+5) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 935 (-1) school-related (2%)
  • 4,340 (+1) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,835 (+11) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 9,050 (+3) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,759 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,421 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,509 (+1) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,790 (+6) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,147 (+4) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,181 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,127 (+1) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region as of July 26:

  • Vaughan 21,885 (+16) cases, 42 ^ cases in last 7 days, 39 (+12) active
  • Markham 12,581 (+8) cases, 13 ^ cases in last 7 days, 13 (+7) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,526 (+3) cases, 9 ^ cases in last 7 days, 10 (+2) active
  • Newmarket 3,170 (+0) cases, 5 cases in last 7 days, 5 (-1) active
  • Aurora 1,853 (+1) cases, 5 ^ cases in last 7 days, 4 (+1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,513 (+0) cases, 2 cases in last 7 days, 3 (+0) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,139 (+0) cases, 1 case in last 7 days, 1 (+0) active
  • King 1,130 (+0) cases, 1 case in last 7 days, 1 (+0) active
  • Georgina 1,278 (+0) cases, 2 cases in last 7 days, 0 (-1) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on July 28, for July 27)

  • 549,734 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 158 new cases since July 26
  • 156,169 (+202) variant cases
    • 145,474 Alpha
    • 1,492 Beta 
    • 5,159 Gamma
    • 4,044 Delta
  • 4 more deaths, totalling 9,325
  • 98.1% of cases resolved
  • 117 (-8) cases are hospitalized; 122 (-5) in ICU; 83 (+2) on ventilators
  • 20,527 more tests completed
  • 0.8% positivity

Vaccines

  • 94,116 daily doses administered on July 27
  • 19,204,544 total doses
  • 8,779,459 people fully vaccinated

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Debora Kelly is the editor for AuroraToday and NewmarketToday. She is an award-winning journalist and communications professional who is passionate about building strong communities through engagement, advocacy and partnership.
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