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

No new cases in Newmarket; 151 school, childcare cases in York Region, closed King City school outbreak resolved; Ontario reports 144 more school cases, totalling 1,910 at 593 schools
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Oct. 27, 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 Tuesday, Oct. 27, 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 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, Woodbridge (6 students, 2 staff) 
    • 14-day outbreak closed Oct. 27 at Holy Name Catholic School, King City (6 students, 4 staff)
    • 8-day outbreak closed Sept. 30 at Blue Willow, Woodbridge
  • 1 (-1) school closed
    • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, Woodbridge 
  • 132 (+2) total confirmed cases
  • 94 (+1) students
  • 38 (+1) staff/visitors
  • 90 (+2) schools under surveillance, 56 (-5) 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 
    • Keswick P.S. (1 staff) in Georgina
    • Villanova College (1 student); King City Secondary (1 student); King City P.S. (1 student) in King City
    • Wendat Village (1 student) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Father Frederick McGinn (1 student); Roselawn (1 student); Ross Doan (1 staff); St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Century Private (1 student); Toronto Montessori Bayview (1 staff); Charles Howitt (1 student); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student) in Richmond Hill
    • Blessed Scalabrini (1 staff); Netivot HaTorah Day School (1 student); Kayla's Children's Centre (1 student, 1 staff); As-Sadiq Islamic (2 staff); St. Robert Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Eitz Chaim (1 student); Louis-Honor Frechette (1 student); Bakersfield (2 students); St. Elizabeth Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); St. Michael Catholic Academy (1 student, 2 classrooms closed); Bayview Glen (1 staff); Stephen Lewis Secondary (1 student) in Thornhill
    • Town Centre Private (1 student); Bill Crothers Secondary #2 (3 students); Bill Hogarth Secondary (2 students); Father Michael McGivney Academic Catholic High (1 student); Milliken Mills (1 student); St. Augustine Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Middlefield Collegiate #2 (1 student); Markham Gateway (1 student); David Suzuki (1 staff); Parkland (1 student); Middlefield Collegiate (1 student); in Markham
    • Elder's Mill #2 (2 staff); St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High (1 student, 2 classrooms closed); 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, 1 staff); Holy Cross Academy (2  students, 1 staff) in Woodbridge
    • St. Joan of Arc Catholic High (2 students, 1 classroom closed); Anne Frank (1 staff); Romeo Dallaire (1 student, 1 staff); Nellie McClung (1 staff) in Maple
    • Pope Francis (1 staff) in Kleinburg  
  •  34 (+7) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 22-day surveillance, Glad Park, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 student)
    • 21-day surveillance, Baythorn, Thornhill (2 students)
    • 22-day surveillance, Carrville Mills, Thornhill (2nd investigation, 1 student)
    • 26-day surveillance, Coppard Glen, Markham (1 student)
    • 23-day surveillance, Legacy, Markham (1 student) 
    • 22-day surveillance, Markham District High (2 students)
    • 22-day surveillance, Richmond Hill High (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

  • 8 (+1) active child care centre outbreaks*
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Small Steps Learning Centre, Richmond Hill (1 child, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Brightpath Child Care Centre, Vaughan (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 26 at Netivot HaTorah Day School Child Care Centre, Thornhill (1 child)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 25 at Centered on Children, Vaughan (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 24 at As-Sadiq Day Care, Vaughan (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 (3 children)
  • 9 (+1) cases children
  • 10 (+2) cases staff/visitors
  • 7 (+1) closed child care centre outbreaks
    • 7-day outbreak closed Oct. 26 at Magic Tree Child Care Centre, Aurora (1 child)

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

Ontario (reported Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 1,910 (+144) school-related cases
  • 1,063 (+82) students
  • 261 (+15) staff
  • 586 (+50) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 593 (+45) of 4,828 schools with a case (12.28%)
  • 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
  • 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
  • 0 schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 390 (+26) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 220 (+11) children, including in York Region:
    • 1 child, Pris-T-Gis Montessori School, Markham
    • 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, Father Frederick McGinn Children's Centre, Richmond Hill
    • 1 child, Small Steps Early Learning, 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
  • 170 (+15) 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
  • 137 (+6) of 5,236 child care centres with current cases (2.62%)
  • 40 (+2) 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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