Newmarket (reported Sunday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.)
- 1,596 cases of COVID-19
- 2 more cases since Feb. 27
- 33 (+1) variant cases
- 2 (+0) B.1.1.7. U.K.; local transmission
- 31 (+1) lineage not yet determined; 21 (+1) close contact, 5 (-1) local transmission, 5 workplace
- 1,512 (+6) cases resolved (94%)
- 47 (-3) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 37
- 7 (+1) hospitalized, 1 (+0) in ICU
- 5 (+0) institutional outbreaks
- Outbreak #2 declared Feb. 26 at Amica Newmarket Retirement Home (1 health-care worker)
- Outbreak #2 declared Feb. 22 at Eagle Terrace Long-term Care Home (4 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 19 at Inn From the Cold (1 resident, 1 staff)
- Outbreak declared Feb. 3 at The Newmarket Residence (54 residents, 10 staff)
- Outbreak #3 Jan. 4 at Southlake Regional Health Centre (27 patients, 16 health-care workers)
- 3 (+0) school surveillances
- Surveillance #2 declared Feb. 26 at Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School (1 staff)
- Surveillance declared Feb. 26 at Poplar Bank School (1 student)
- Surveillance #2 declared Feb. 25 at Denne Public School (1 staff)
- 1 (+0) child care outbreak
- Outbreak declared Feb. 6 at Brightpath Newmarket (5 children, 5 staff)
- 0 (-1) workplace outbreak
- 37 (-2) new cases in last 7 days
- 281 tests on Feb. 25, 5 positive (1.8% positivity) update N/A
The Nitty Gritty
- 742 (+2) cases close contact, or 46%
- 311 (+0) cases institutional outbreak, or 20%
- 389 (+2) cases community transmission, or 24%
- 11 (-1) cases under investigation, or 1%
- 40 (+0) cases travel, or 3%
- 91 (+0) cases workplace outbreak, or 6%
- 395 (+1) cases age 19 to 34, 25%
- 277 (+0) cases age 35 to 44, or 17%
- 239 (+0) cases age 45 to 54, or 15%
- 205 (+1) cases age 55 to 64, or 13%
- 143 (+0) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 118 (+0) cases age 80+, or 8%
- 103 (+0) cases age 4 to 13, or 7%
- 79 (+1) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 37 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
York Region (reported Sunday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.) at red control zone
- 28,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 66 new cases since Feb. 27
- 617 (+20) variant cases
- 79 (+0) B.1.1.7 U.K.
- 538 (+20) lineage not yet determined
- 27,509 (+104) cases resolved (95%)
- 796 (-42) active cases
- 0 more deaths, totalling 524
- 137 (+5) cases are hospitalized, 25 (+1) patients in ICU
- 380 (+1) workplace outbreaks, 15 (+0) active, 3,120 (+1) cases
Recovery Measures
Cases in schools, child care centres
- 59 (+0) school outbreaks, 2 (+0) active
- 409 (+5) school surveillances, 30 (+5) active
- 59 (+0) child care outbreaks, 3 (+0) active
- 1,161 (+8) total school and child care cases
- 789 (+5) student/children cases
- 372 (+3) staff cases
Institutional Outbreaks
- 260 (+1) institutional outbreaks, 26 (+1) active
- Outbreak #5 declared Feb. 27 at Revera Elginwood LTC, Richmond Hill (1 health-care worker)
Nitty Gritty
- 14,838 (+106) cases, or 51%, close contact
- 8,493 (+33) cases, or 29%, community transmission
- 3,051 (+2) cases, or 11%, institutional outbreak
- 238 (-29) cases, or 1%, under investigation
- 454 (+3) cases, or 2%, travel
- 1,575 (+12) cases, or 5%, workplace outbreak
- 7,484 (+14) cases age 19 to 34, or 26%
- 4,908 (+7) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
- 4,356 (+14) cases age 55 to 64, or 15%
- 4,020 (+7) cases ages 35 to 44, or 14%
- 2,651 (+6) cases age 65 to 79, or 9%
- 1,708 (+1) cases age 80+, or 6%
- 1,742 (+10) cases age 4 to 13, or 6%
- 1,451 (+3) cases age 14 to 18, or 5%
- 509 (+0) cases age 0 to 3, or 2%
Around the region:
- Vaughan 12,144 (+31) cases, 307 (-21) active
- Markham 7,572 (+14) cases, 190 (-5) active
- Richmond Hill 3,774 (+15) cases, 145 (+2) active
- Newmarket 1,596 (+2) cases, 47 (-3) active
- East Gwillimbury 617 (+0) cases, 29 (-1) active
- Aurora 939 (+2) cases, 24 (-1) active
- Georgina 672 (+1) cases, 21 (-6) active
- Whitchurch-Stouffville 810 (+1) cases, 20 (-5) active
- King 645 (+0) cases, 12 (-2) active
Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. on March 1, for Feb. 28)
- 301,839 confirmed cases of COVID-19
- 1,023 new cases since Feb. 27
- 565 (+7) variant cases
- 535 (+7) U.K. variant
- 27 (+0) South African variant
- 3 (+10 Brazilian variant
- 6 more deaths, totalling 6,986
- 284,283 resolved 94.2% of cases
- 659 (+32) cases are hospitalized; 280 (-9) in ICU; 175 (-10) on ventilators (*about 10% of hospitals did not submit data)
- 35,015 more tests completed, with 13,416 awaiting results
- 2.3% positivity Feb. 25
Vaccines
- 17,424 daily doses administered Feb. 28
- 704,695 total doses
- 263,214 completed (people fully vaccinated)
Cases in children, youth
- 6,772 (+57) cases ages 4 to 8
- 9,091 (+47) cases ages 9 to 13
- 9,548 (+59) cases ages 14 to 17
Institutional Outbreaks
- 1,275 (+1) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 91 (-5) active
- 753 (+0) outbreaks at retirement homes, 57 (-4) active
- 416 (+1) outbreaks at hospitals, 31 (-4) active
- 3,865 (+1) long-term care resident deaths
- 14,958 (+0) cases are long-term care residents
