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COVID-19 Today: School, child care cases for Newmarket, York Region, and Ontario

No school, child care cases in Newmarket; 3 more school cases in York Region, totalling 31, in Markham, Kleinburg, Maple; Ontario reports 447 cases at 306 schools, and 144 cases at 59 child care centres
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Newmarket (reported Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 school-related cases
  • 0 schools closed

Licensed child care facilities

  • 0 child care centre cases
  • 0 child care centres closed

York Region (reported Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 school outbreaks*
    • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
  • 0 schools closed
  • 31 (+3) total confirmed cases
  • 19 (+2) students
  • 12 (+1) staff/visitors
  • 22 (+2) schools under surveillance**:
    • Cardinal Carter Catholic High (1 student) in Aurora 
    • St. Brigid (1 student); Stouffville District Secondary (1 staff) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Holy Name (1 student) in King City
    • Moraine Hills (1 student); Discovery Academy Private (1 staff); Bond Lake (1 staff); H.G. Bernard (1 staff) in Richmond Hill
    • Stephen Lewis Secondary (1 student); Carrville Mills (1 staff), in Thornhill
    • Bill Crothers Secondary (1 student) in Markham
    • Fossil Hill (1 student); Holy Cross Academy (1 staff); St. Michael the Archangel (1 staff); Tommy Douglas Secondary (3 students), Our Lady of Fatima (+1 student, 1 staff), in Woodbridge;
    • Nellie McClung (1 staff); Mackenzie Glen (1 student); Maple High (1 student), Dr. Roberta Bondar (1 student) in Maple
    • Pope Francis (1 staff); Kleinburg P.S. (1 student) in Kleinburg
  • 3 schools no longer under surveillance 

*An outbreak is declared when 2 or more cases are confirmed within a 14-day period, with at least one case acquired in the school

**Schools with a laboratory-confirmed case that was not transmitted within the school 

Licensed child care facilities

  • 4 closed child care centre outbreaks*
  • 0 active outbreaks
  • 1 case child
  • 4 cases staff/visitors

*An outbreak is declared with one or more confirmed case in children or staff

Ontario (reported Thursday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 447 (+64) school-related cases
  • 233 (+29) students; 82 (+14) staff
  • 132 (+21) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 306 (+24) of 4,828 schools with a case (6.34%)
  • 3 schools closed
    • Holy Cross in Kemptville (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Monsignor Paul Baxter in Ottawa (2 students, 2 staff)
    • Mason Road Junior in Toronto (1 student, 3 staff cases)

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 144 (+8) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 79 (+5) children
  • 65 (+3) staff
  • 59 (+4) of 5,158 child care centres with current cases (1.14%)
  • 15 (+2) child care centres currently closed (.29%)

York Region Public Health reminds parents and guardians to check your child daily for symptoms of COVID-19. For more information and resources, including how to protect yourself and others, visit york.ca/SafeAtSchool
 
You can download Canada’s COVID Alert in Apple and Google app stores or visit ontario.ca/covidalert


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