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

Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 2 school-related case
  • Terry Fox P.S. (1 student)
  • Sir William Mulock Secondary School (1 student)
• 0 schools closed

Licensed child care facilities

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

York Region (reported Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 0 school outbreaks*
  • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
• 0 schools closed
• 69 (+6) total confirmed cases
• 49 (+2) students
• 20 (+4) staff/visitors
• 53 (+1) schools under surveillance, 28 active**:
  • Terry Fox (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
  • St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed) in Aurora 
  • Wendat Village (1 student); Glad Park (1 student) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
  • Holy Name (1 student, 2 staff, 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, 1 classroom closed); Baythorn (2 student); Carrville Mills (2nd investigation, 1 student); St. Michael Catholic Academy (1 student, 2 (+1) classrooms 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 (5 (+1) students, 2 (+1) staff, 8 classrooms closed) in Woodbridge
  • Romeo Dallaire (1 student, 1 staff); Nellie McClung (1 staff) in Maple
• 25 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 Tuesday, Oct. 13 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
 
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