Also, workplace outbreak data has not been updated due to a technical issue and will continue to show data as of Saturday, May 22 at 5 p.m until the issue is resolved. York Region cases related to these outbreaks continue to be fully investigated and all contacts traced.
Newmarket (reported Monday, May 24 at 5 p.m.)
- 3,075 cases of COVID-19
- 11 more cases since May 23
- 1,207 variant cases, 93 active
- 40 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; 28 close contact, 6 local transmission, 5 workplace
- 3 (+3) B.1.351 South Africa: 1 close contact, 2 local transmission
- 13 (+1) P.1 Brazil; 2 close contact, 6 local transmission, 3 workplace, 2 school
- 1,151 lineage not yet determined: 543 close contact, 457 local transmission, 87 workplace, 14 school, 35 institutional outbreak, 2 travel)
- 2,934 cases resolved
- 93 (-4) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 48
- 3 (+0) child care centre outbreak
- Outbreak declared May 19 at Private Home Day Care #20 (7 (+4) children, 1 (+1) staff)
- Outbreak declared May 17 at Znaika Home Day Care (1 child, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared May 14 at Newmarket Cooperative Nursery School, Park Avenue (7 children)
- 222 tests on May 22, 14 positive (11.5% positivity)
The Nitty Gritty (since May 21)
- 1,360 (+36) cases close contact, or 44%
- 934 (+10) cases community transmission, or 30%
- 391 (+5) cases institutional outbreak, or 13%
- 55 (+1) cases under investigation, or 2%
- 25 (+0) cases travel, or 2%
- 258 (+4) cases workplace outbreak, or 8%
- 778 (+9) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 531 (+11) cases age 35 to 44, or 18%
- 488 (+6) cases age 45 to 54, or 16%
- 408 (+6) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 239 (+3) cases age 65 to 79, or 8%
- 218 (+5) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 177 (+6) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 138 (+0) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 87 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 3%
York Region (reported Monday, May 24 at 5 p.m.)
- 51,424 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 85 new cases since May 23
- 17,205 variant cases, 837 active, 93 deaths
- 679 (+20) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 45 (+19) B.1.351 South Africa
- 2 (+0) B.1.617 India
- 1 (+0) B.617.1 India
- 1 (+1) B.617.2 India
- 264 (+56) P.1 Brazil
- 16,203 (+374) lineage not yet determined
- 49,931 cases resolved
- 837 active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 656
- 514 workplace outbreaks, 34 (+2) active, 4,682 (+63) cases
Recovery Measures
- 132 (-7) 7-day average of new cases
- 91 (-8) new cases per 100,000 residents in last 7 days (incidence rate)
- .89 (+.02) variants, .89 (-.01) SARS-CoV-2 7-day median reproductive number
- 1,730 tests on May 22, 172 positive (9.9% positivity)
Vaccinations (York Region residents, administered at any location in Ontario)
- 8,665 vaccinated May 23
- 681,961 (56.0% of total population) at least 1 dose
- 38,475 fully vaccinated people
- 69.2% proportion of eligible residents (18+) at least 1 dose
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 2,346 (+0) cases
- 1,667 (+12) student/child cases
- 697 (+6) staff cases
- 132 (+0) school outbreaks, 0 (+0) are active
- 673 (+1) school surveillances, 3 (+1) are active
- 124 (+3) child care outbreaks, 16 (+0) are active
Institutional Outbreaks
- 327 (+3) institutional outbreaks, 13 (+1) active
- Outbreak closed May 24 at Christian Horizon Weldrick, Richmond Hill
Nitty Gritty (since May 21)
- 23,120 (+251) cases, or 45%, close contact
- 17,669 (+168) cases, or 34%, community transmission
- 4,113 (+23) cases, or 8%, institutional outbreak
- 814 (-6) cases, or 2%, under investigation
- 426 (+1) cases, or 1%, travel
- 918 school-related (2%)
- 4,274 (+47) cases, or 8%, workplace outbreak
- 13,423 (+128) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 8,835 (+73) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 7,565 (+75) cases ages 35 to 44, or 15%
- 7,269 (+59) cases age 55 to 64, or 14%
- 4,398 (+31) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 3,657 (+54) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 3,028 (+54) cases age 14 to 18, or 6%
- 2,162 (+7) cases age 80+, or 4%
- 1,087 (+7) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 21,257 (+42) cases, 381 cases in last 7 days, 344 (-85) active
- Markham 12,293 (+11) cases, 169 cases in last 7 days, 145 (-23) active
- Richmond Hill 7,292 (+9) cases, 140 cases in last 7 days, 122 (-13) active
- Newmarket 3,075 (+11) cases, 91 cases in last 7 days, 93 (-4) active
- Aurora 1,796 (+5) cases, 44 cases in last 7 days, 39 (-6) active
- King 1,092 (+3) cases, 22 cases in last 7 days, 22 (+1) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 1,469 (+0) cases, 20 cases in last 7 days, 20 (-7) active
- East Gwillimbury 1,113 (+1) cases, 25 cases in last 7 days, 19 (-4) active
- Georgina 1,243 (+2) cases, 22 cases in last 7 days, 18 (-6) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on May 25, for May 24)
- 524,950 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,039 new cases since May 23
- 123,409 (+4,777 since May 21) variant cases
- 120,130 U.K. variant
- 817 South African variant
- 2,462 Brazilian variant
- 33 more deaths, totalling 8,655
- 94.7% of cases resolved
- 1,025 cases are hospitalized; 692 in ICU; 498 on ventilators (About 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
- 16,857 more tests completed, with 7,450 awaiting results
- 6.4% positivity
Vaccines
- 86,927 daily doses administered
- 8,251,642 total doses
- 544,288 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 15,237 (+45) cases ages 4 to 8
- 19,253 (+41) cases ages 9 to 13
- 19,558 (+51) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,469 (+2) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 28 active
- 868 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 17 active
- 559 (+0) outbreaks at hospitals, 22 active
- 3,948 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
- 15,288 (+2) cases are long-term care residents
