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

Terry Fox first elementary school in Newmarket with case; York Region reports total of 52 schools under surveillance, 27 are active; Ontario confirms 948 school cases in 436 schools
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Newmarket (reported Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

Licensed child care facilities

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

York Region (reported Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 school outbreaks*
    • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
  • 0 schools closed
  • 64 (+8) total confirmed cases
  • 47 (+5) students
  • 17 (+3) staff/visitors
  • 52 (+6) schools under surveillance, 27 active**:
    • Terry Fox (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
    • St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student) in Aurora 
    • Wendat Village (1 student); Glad Park (1 student) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Holy Name (1 student, 1 classroom closed) in King City
    • Walter Scott (1 staff); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student); Richmond Hill High (1 student); Bayview Hill (1 staff)  in Richmond Hill
    • St. Elizabeth Catholic High (1 student); Baythorn (2 (+1) student); Carrville Mills (2nd investigation, 1 student); St. Michael Catholic Academy (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Bayview Glen (1 staff); Stephen Lewis Secondary (1 student) in Thornhill
    • David Suzuki (1 staff); Parkland (1 student); Middlefield Collegiate (1 student); Markham District High (1 student); Legacy (1 student); Coppard Glen (1 student) in Markham
    • Woodbridge P.S. (1 student); Guardian Angels (1 student); Holy Cross Academy (1 staff); Our Lady of Fatima (4 students, 1 staff, 8 classrooms closed) in Woodbridge
    • Nellie McClung (1 staff) in Maple
  •  25 (+15) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 14-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Cardinal Carter Catholic High School, Aurora (1 student)
    • 14-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at St. Brigid Catholic Elementary School, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 student) 
    • 15-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Stouffville District Secondary School, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 staff)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Moraine Hills Elementary School, Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Discovery Academy Private, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
    • 14-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Bond Lake Public School, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
    • 16-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at H.G. Bernard, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
    • 8-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at St. Cecilia Catholic Elementary School, Woodbridge (1 student, 1 classroom closed)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Fossil Hill Public School, Woodbridge (1 student)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Mackenzie Glen Public School, Maple (1 student)
    • 12-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Pope Francis Catholic School, Kleinburg (1 staff)
    • 12-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Bill Crothers Secondary School, Markham (1 student)
    • 9-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School, Markham (1 student)
    • 9-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at  Stonebridge Public School, Markham (1 student)
    • 9-day surveillance closed Oct. 12 at King City Secondary School, King City (1 student)

*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 Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 948 (+72) school-related cases
  • 531 (+49) students; 157 (+8) staff
  • 260 (+15) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 436 (+11) of 4,828 schools with a case (9.03%)
  • 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
  • 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
  • 3 (-1) schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 246 (+10) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 140 (+5) children
  • 106 (+5) staff
  • 107 of 5,198 child care centres with current cases (2.06%)
  • 27 (+1) child care centres currently closed (.52%)

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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