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

Newmarket (reported Saturday, Oct. 17, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 5 (+1) school-related cases
  • Newmarket High School (1 student)
  • Huron Heights Secondary School (1 student, 1 staff)
  • Terry Fox P.S. (1 student)
  • Sir William Mulock Secondary School (1 student)
• 0 schools closed

Licensed child care facilities

• 1 child care centre case (1 child)
• 1 child care centre outbreak
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 14 at Magic Kingdom Learning Centre

York Region (reported Saturday, Oct. 17, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 3 school outbreaks*
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 13 at Holy Name Catholic School, King City (2 students, 4 staff)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 13 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, Woodbridge (6 (+1) students, 2 staff) 
  • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
• 2 schools closed
• 86 (+3) total confirmed cases
• 63 (+3) students
• 23 staff/visitors
• 62 (+2) schools under surveillance, 34 (+2) active**:
  • Newmarket High School (1 student); Huron Heights Secondary (1 student, 1 staff); Terry Fox (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
  • St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed) in Aurora 
  • King City P.S. (1 student) in King City
  • Wendat Village (1 student); Glad Park (1 student) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
  • Charles Howitt (1 student); Walter Scott (1 staff); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student); Richmond Hill High (1 student); Bayview Hill (1 staff)  in Richmond Hill
  • Louis-Honor Frechette (1 student); Bakersfield (2 students); St. Elizabeth Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Baythorn (2 students); 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 (2 students); Legacy (1 student); Coppard Glen (1 student) in Markham
  • St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student); Elder's Mill (2 students); Woodbridge P.S. (1 student); Guardian Angels (1 student); Holy Cross Academy (1 student, 1 staff) 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

• 2 (+1) active child care centre outbreaks*
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 16 at Torah Tots Preschool, Markham (2 children)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 14 at Magic Kingdom Learning Centre, Newmarket
• 4 (+2) cases child
• 4 cases staff/visitors
• 4 closed child care centre outbreaks

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

Ontario (reported Friday, Oct. 16 at 10:30 a.m.) no weekend update:

Cases in schools

• 1,242 (+98) school-related cases
• 690 (+55) students
• 195 (+12) staff
• 357 (+31) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
• 485 (+34) of 4,828 schools with a case (9.34%)
• 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
• 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
• 5 schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

• 292 (+11) cases at child care centres and homes
• 171 (+7) children, including in York Region:
  • 1 child, Pris-T-Gis Montessori School, Markham
  • 1 child, Magic Kingdom Learning Centre, Newmarket
  • 1 child, Terry Fox School Age Program, Newmarket
  • 1 child, Montessori School House, Maple
  • 1 child, Netivot HaTorah Day School, Thornhill
  • 2 children, Community of Maple Child Care/Father John Kelly
  • 1 child, Bloomfield Jr Academy Montessori, Richmond Hill
• 121 (+4) staff, including in York Region:
  • 1 staff, Over the Rainbow Children's Centre, Woodbridge
  • 1 staff, Legacy Child Care, Markham
  • 1 staff, Le Club Bond Lake, Richmond Hill
• 127 (-2) of 5,220 child care centres with current cases (2.43%)
• 34 (+2) child care centres currently closed (.65%)

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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