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

Newmarket (reported Wedneday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 5 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
• 0 active child care centre outbreaks

York Region (reported Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

• 4 (+1) school outbreaks*
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 21 at Sir Walter Scott Public School, Richmond Hill (2 (+1) staff)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 13 at Holy Name Catholic School, King City (7 students, 4 staff)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 13 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, Woodbridge (6 students, 2 staff) 
  • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
• 2 schools closed
• 99 (+5) total confirmed cases
• 72 (+3) students
• 27 (+2) staff/visitors
• 69 (+4) schools under surveillance, 41 (+4) 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
  • Toronto Montessori Bayview (1 staff); Charles Howitt (1 student); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student); Richmond Hill High (1 student); Bayview Hill (1 staff)  in Richmond Hill
  • Eitz Chaim (1 student); 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
  • St. Augustine Catholic High (1 student); Middlefield Collegiate #2 (1 student); Markham Gateway (1 student); 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
  • Tommy Douglas Secondary #2 (1 staff); St. Peter (1 staff); 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

• 5 (+3) active child care centre outbreaks*
  • Outbreak declared Magic Tree Child Care Centre, Aurora (1 child)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 21 at All Smiles Childcare, Markham (1 staff)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 21 at Children's Path Child Care Centre, Woodbridge (1 child)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 20 at private home daycare #2 (1 caregiver)
  • Outbreak declared Oct. 16 at Torah Tots Preschool, Markham (2 children)
• 6 (+2) cases children
• 6 (+1) cases staff/visitors
• 5 closed child care centre outbreaks

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

Ontario (reported Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

• 1,569 (+144) school-related cases
• 874 (+66) students
• 235 (+13) staff
• 460 (+65) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
• 516 (+8) of 4,828 schools with a case (10.73%)
• 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
• 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
• 4 schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

• 342 (+19) cases at child care centres and homes
• 201 (+10) children, including in York Region:
  • 1 child, Magic Tree Childcare, Aurora
  • 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, Chabad Lubavitch Torah Tots, Thornhill
  • 1 child, Netivot HaTorah Day School, Thornhill
  • 2 children, Community of Maple Child Care/Father John Kelly
  • 1 child, Richmond Hill Wee Watch private home care
  • 1 child, Bloomfield Jr Academy Montessori, Richmond Hill
  • 1 child, The Children's Path, Woodbridge
  • 1 child, We Are Family Children's Centre, Vaughan
• 141 (+9) staff, including in York Region:
  • 1 staff, All Smiles Childcare, Markham
  • 1 staff, Over the Rainbow Children's Centre, Woodbridge
  • 1 staff, Legacy Child Care, Markham
  • 1 staff, Le Club Bond Lake, Richmond Hill
• 133 (+7) of 5,228 child care centres with current cases (2.54%)
• 43 (+3) child care centres currently closed (.82%)

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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