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

No new school, child care cases in Newmarket; school cases hold at 108 in York Region, with 3 outbreaks and 47 schools in surveillance; Ontario reports 72 more school cases, totalling 1,698 at 514 schools
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Newmarket (reported Friday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

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 Friday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 4 school outbreaks*
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 21 at Sir Walter Scott Public School, Richmond Hill (2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 13 at Holy Name Catholic School, King City (6 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
  • 108 total confirmed cases
  • 81 students
  • 27 staff/visitors
  • 77 schools under surveillance, 47 (-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
    • Wellington (1 student); St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed) in Aurora 
    • Villanova College (1 student); King City Secondary (1 student); King City P.S. (1 student) in King City
    • Wendat Village (1 student); Glad Park (1 student) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High (1 student); Century Private (1 student); Toronto Montessori Bayview (1 staff); Charles Howitt (1 student); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student); Richmond Hill High (1 student) in Richmond Hill
    • St. Robert Catholic High (1 student); 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
    • Milliken Mills (1 student); 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
    • St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High (1 student); Pierre Berton (1 student); 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); Holy Cross Academy (2  students, 1 staff) in Woodbridge
    • Romeo Dallaire (1 student, 1 staff); Nellie McClung (1 staff) in Maple
  •  26 (+2) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 18-day surveillance closed Oct. 23 at Bayview Hill, Richmond Hill (1 staff)  
    • 18-day surveillance closed Oct. 23 at Guardian Angels, Woodbridge (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

  • 5 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 cases children
  • 6 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 Friday, Oct. 23 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 1,698 (+72) school-related cases
  • 946 (+39) students
  • 245 (+6) staff
  • 507 (+27) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 514 (+13) of 4,828 schools with a case (10.65%)
  • 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
  • 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
  • 4 (-1) schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 357 (+8) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 208 (+4) 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, St. Veronica Children's Centre, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, We Are Family Children's Centre, Vaughan
  • 149 (+4) staff, including in York Region:
    • 1 staff, As-Sadiq Day Care, Thornhill
    • 1 staff, Legacy Child Care, Markham
    • 1 staff, All Smiles Childcare, Markham
    • 1 staff, Over the Rainbow Children's Centre, Woodbridge
    • 1 staff, Le Club Bond Lake, Richmond Hill
  • 133 (-2) of 5,231 child care centres with current cases (2.54%)
  • 40 (-4) child care centres currently closed (.76%)

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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