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

2 new cases in Newmarket since July 31, including 1 travel, 3 are active; York Region confirms 81 new cases since July 31, 18 are travel related, as active cases rise to 121 and Delta variant Rt jumps above 1; Ontario reports 139 new cases, 11 more deaths (7 are dated), as 7-day new case average drops below 200
YVR COVID-19 Testing Site
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York Region Public Health data is cumulative from July 31.

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,173 cases of COVID-19 
  • 1 new case since Aug. 2 (1 case July 31, 0 cases Aug. 1, 0 cases Aug. 2)
  • 1,329 variant cases, 0 active
    • 60 (+0) B.1.1.7. Alpha
    • 11 (+0) B.1.351 Beta
    • 8 (+3) B.1.617.2 Delta
    • 24 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 1,226 (+0) lineage not yet determined
  • 3,119 (+3) cases resolved
  • 3 (-1) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 51
  • 22 tests on July 30, 0 positive (0.0% positivity)

The Details

  • 1,422 (+0) cases close contact, or 45%
  • 967 (+1) cases community transmission, or 30%
  • 388 (-1) cases institutional outbreak, or 12%
  • 45 (+1) cases under investigation, or 2%
  • 28 (+1) cases travel, or 1%
  • 270 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 9%
  • 793 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
  • 557 (+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%
  • 235 (+1) 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, Aug. 3 at 5 p.m.)

  • 52,953 confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 17 new cases since Aug. 2 (24 cases July 31, 16 cases Aug. 1, 24 cases Aug. 2) 
  • 139 (+61) new cases in last 7 days, of which 73.7% are unvaccinated (ages 12+) 
  • 19,347 variant cases, 8 active, 159 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
    • 164 (+19) B.617.2 Delta
    • 467 (+0) P.1 Gamma
    • 17,688 (+9) lineage not yet determined
  • 52,088 cases resolved
  • 121 (+41) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 744
  • 605 (+0) workplace outbreaks; 2 (+0) active — 1 construction, 1 service; 5,134 (+0) cases 

Recovery Measures 

  • 20 (+9) 7-day average of new cases
  • (+3) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
  • 0.52 (-0.03) Alpha variants, 1.12 (+0.35) Delta variants 7-day median reproductive number
  • 315 tests on July 30, 7 positive (2.2% 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)

  • 2,431 doses administered, 473 newly vaccinated on Aug. 2
  • 1,621,821 total doses 
  • 857,092 or 71.3%, residents with 1 dose
  • 764,729 or 63.6%, residents with 2 doses
  • residents 18+ 82.4% 1 dose, 74.5% 2 doses 
  • residents 12+ 81.4% 1 dose, 72.6% 2 doses 

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 328 (+0) institutional outbreaks, 0 active

The details 

  • 23,818 (+47) cases, or 45%, close contact
  • 18,540 (+49) cases, or 35%, community transmission
  • 4,065 (+0) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
  • 663 (-5) cases, or 1%, under investigation
  • 502 (+18) cases, or 1%, travel
  • 933 (-2) school-related (2%)
  • 4,351 (+4) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
  • 13,874 (+32) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
  • 9,060 (+8) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 7,782 (+19) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
  • 7,435 (+12) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
  • 4,518 (+7) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
  • 3,811 (+17) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
  • 3,156 (+8) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
  • 2,181 (+1) cases age 80+, or 4%
  • 1,136 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 21,952 (+7) cases, 69 ^ cases in last 7 days, 58 (+16) active
  • Richmond Hill 7,549 (+3) cases, 22 ^ cases in last 7 days, 22 (+9) active
  • King 1,129 (+2) cases, 10 ^ cases in last 7 days, 10 (+9) active
  • Markham 12,588 (+1) cases, 9 cases in last 7 days, 7 (-2) active
  • Aurora 1,859 (+2) cases, 7 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (+1) active
  • Georgina 1,285 (+1) cases, 7 ^ cases in last 7 days, 6 (+4) active
  • Newmarket 3,173 (+1) cases, 3 ^ cases in last 7 days, 3 (-1) active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,517 (+0) cases, 4 ^ cases in last 7 days, 3 (+0) active
  • East Gwillimbury 1,141 (+0) cases, 3 ^ cases in last 7 days, 2 (+2) active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 4, for Aug. 3)

  • 551,125 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 139 new cases since Aug. 2
  • 157,104 variant cases
    • 145,538 Alpha
    • 1,493 Beta 
    • 5,164 Gamma
    • 4,909 Delta
  • 11 more deaths, totalling 9,360 (7 deaths occurred between December 2020 and February 2021)
  • 98.0% of cases resolved
  • 112 cases are hospitalized; 108 in ICU; 30 on ventilators
  • 17,115 more tests completed
  • 1.2% positivity

Vaccines

  • 60,094 daily doses administered on Aug. 3
  • 19,652,011 total doses
  • 9,143,402 people fully vaccinated

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