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From the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, YorkRegion.com set out to track every case in York Region, mapping COVID-19 hotspots and cases in the community.
As the situation changes, those numbers now come with a warning.
With the rapid rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the province shifted its COVID-19 testing requirements.
In fact, the case counts posted daily by York Region Public Health "are an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19 in York Region", said Patrick Casey, York Region director of corporate communications.
Case counts should be interpreted with caution.
"Daily case counts will only reflect a particular piece of the overall picture of COVID-19 transmission," Casey said. "The numbers will be an undercount of the true burden of illness in the community and will not accurately reflect transmission rates and community risk."
While YorkRegion.com will continue to monitor the number of positive COVID-19 cases as reported by public health, the focus will shift to our hospitals and the strain on resources posed by COVID-19.
Here, you will find the number of COVID-19 cases in each of York Region’s four hospitals as well as how many COVID-19 patients are in an intensive care unit (ICU).
In keeping with the region's COVID-19 dashboard updates, this tracker will be updated Tuesdays and Fridays, excluding holidays. Hospital graphics are updated daily.
Of the 50 hospital patients with COVID-19, 4 patients are in ICU in York Region – making up 3.6 per cent of current ICU beds as of Aug. 26.
There are 3 COVID-19 patient in ICU at Mackenzie Health, including 2 at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital and 1 at Mackenzie Richmond Hill; 1 at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket; and 0 at Oak Valley Health in Markham.
Oak Valley Health includes numbers from Markham Stouffville Hospital and Uxbridge Hospital.
As of Aug. 26, York Region public health reported 119,778 confirmed PCR positive COVID-19 cases.
Public health has reported 938 cases in the last seven days.
On Aug. 26, the region reported 92 new infections, up from the 84 cases reported the day prior.
Of the 92 new positive COVID-19 cases reported, 16 were unvaccinated; 1 had least one dose; 6 had two; and 69 had at least three doses.
Of those five years and older in the region, 86.5 per cent have received two doses.
Of those 12-years and older in the region, 59.2 per cent have received three doses and 13.9 have received four.
York Region Public Health has reported 118,084 resolved COVID-19 cases as well as 1,010 COVID-19 related deaths.
This interactive map below tracks the confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across York Region by municipality.
The darker the colour looks on the map, the more positive cases have been confirmed in the municipality. Hover or click on your city or town to see the number of cases and other details.
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