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

Newmarket holds at 4 school surveillances; 11 more school cases, totalling 279, with 67 active surveillances and 11 outbreaks in York Region; Ontario reports 116 more school cases, totalling 3,282, and 22 more child care cases, totalling 579
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Newmarket (reported Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 4 school surveillances
    • Denne, Notre Dame, Sir William Mulock x2 
  • 10 school-related cases
  • 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 Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 schools closed
  • 18 school outbreaks*, 11 active
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 11 at Father Henri JM Nouwen, Richmond Hill (1 student, 1 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 10 at Blue Willow #2, Woodbridge (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 9 at Ecole intermediaire catholique Renaissance #2, Maple (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 6 at Country Day School, King (2 students, 2 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 5 at Immaculate Conception, Woodbridge (3 students);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at  Eitz Chaim, Thornhill (6 students , 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at St. Mark, Whitchurch-Stouffville (2 students)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 1 at Silver Pines, Richmond Hill (2 students)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 31 at St. Raphael the Archangel, Maple (6 students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Ross Doan, Richmond Hill (6 (+1) students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 29 at Elder's Mills #2, Vaughan (7 students, 3 staff) 
  • 7 closed school outbreaks
  • 279 (+11) total confirmed cases
  • 208 (+9) students
  • 71 (+2) staff/visitors
  • 159 (+8) schools under surveillance, 67 (+8) active **:
    • Denne (1 student); Sir William Mulock #2 (2 students);; Notre Dame (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
    • Good Shepherd (1 staff); Phoebe Gilman (1 student) in East Gwillimbury
    • Deer Park (1 student); Keswick P.S. (1 staff) in Georgina
    • King City Secondary (1 student); King City P.S. (1 student) in King City
    • Wendat Village #2 (1 student); St. Brendan (1 staff); in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Saint Mary (2 students); (Bayview Hill #2 (2 staff); Christ the King (1 staff); Lake Wilcox (1 student, 1 staff); Richmond Green Secondary (1 staff); Richmond Hill High #2 (1 student); Roselawn #2 (2 students); St. Anne (1 staff); Moraine Hills #2 (2 students); Trillium Woods (1 student, 1 staff); Pleasantville (1 student) in Richmond Hill
    • Brownridge (1 staff); Henderson Avenue (2 students); Rosedale Heights (1 student); Westminister (1 student); Netivot HaTorah Day School (1 student); Kayla's Children's Centre (1 student, 1 staff); Bayview Glen (1 staff); Stephen Lewis Secondary (4 students, 1 staff) in Thornhill
    • Beckett Farm (1 student); St. Augustine Catholic High #2 (1 student); Town Centre Private #3 (1 staff); Greensborough #2 (1 student); Town Centre Private #2 (1 staff); Boxwood (1 student); Bur Oak Secondary (1 student); David Suzuki #2 (1 staff); Pierre Elliot Trudeau #2 (1 student); San Lorenzo Ruiz (2 students); James Robinson (2 students); Cedarwood #2 (1 student); Middlefield Collegiate #3 (2 students); Sam Chapman (1 student); Randall (1 student); David Suzuki (1 staff) in Markham
    • Father Bressani Catholic High #2 (1 staff); King Heights Academy (1 student); Holy Cross (4 students, 2 staff); Fossil Hill #2 (1 staff); Tommy Douglas Secondary #3 (1 student); St. Veronica #2 (1 student); Glen Cedar Montessori (1 student); Emily Carr (2 students); St. Emily (1 student); Johnny Lombardi (2 students); St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student) in Woodbridge
    • Our Lady of the Rosary (1 student) in Concord
    • Mackenzie Glen #3 (1 student); Nellie McClung #2 (1 student); Holy Jubilee (2 students); St. Mary of the Angels (1 student); Discovery (1 student); St. James (1 student); Bialik Hebrew Day (1 student) in Maple
    • Kleinburg Public #2 (1 student) in Kleinburg
  •  92 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 

*** The Ontario government website lists cases reported by schools to the Ministry of Education, not all of which are confirmed by York Region Public Health. The province defers to the public health unit for accurate and up-to-date information. 

Licensed child care facilities

  • 5 (-3) active child care centre outbreaks
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 5 at Among Friends, St. Brigid, Stouffville (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 4 at Polka Dot Academy, Markham (8 children, 4 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 2 at Loveview Early Learning Child Care, Richmond Hill (3 child, 3 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 2 at Maple Children’s Montessori School, Vaughan (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Brightpath Child Care Centre, Vaughan (3 staff)
  • 32 ases children
  • 25 cases staff/visitors
  • 17 (+3) closed child care centre outbreaks
    • 10-day outbreak closed Nov. 12 at Ktantanim Daycare, Thornhill (1 staff)
    • 18-day outbreak closed Nov. 12 at Netivot HaTorah Day School Child Care Centre, Thornhill (2 children)
    • 15-day outbreak closed Nov. 11 at private home daycare #3 (4 children, 1 caregiver)

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 13): 

Cases in schools

  • 3,282 (+116) school-related cases
  • 1,350 (+56) students
  • 410 (+13) staff
  • 1,022 (+47) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 670 (+17) of 4,828 schools with a case (13.88%)
  • 1 schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 579 (+22) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 314 (+11) children, including in York Region:
    • 1 child, YMCA of Greater Toronto/Denne, Newmarket
    • 1 child, Elder's Mill Child Care, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, YMCA of Greater Toronto/Greensborough, Markham
    • 1 child, Play, Laugh, Learn Child Care, Aurora
    • 1 child, Tender Treasures, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, Fun on the Run, Maple
    • 1 child, Ross Doan Child Care, Richmond Hill
    • 3 (+2) child, Upper Canada Creative Rosedale North, Thornhill
    • 1 child, Phoebe Gilman Public School, East Gwillimbury
    • 1 child, Le Club Child Care/Blue Willow, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, Montessori School House, Maple
    • 1 child, Chabad Lubavitch Torah Tots, Thornhill
    • 4 children, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
  • 265 (+11) staff, including in York Region:
    • 1 staff, Town Centre Montessori, Markham
    • 1 staff, Vaughan Kids Daycare
    • 1 staff, St. Mary's of the Angels Child Care, Woodbridge
    • 1 staff, Holy Family, Woodbridge
    • 1 staff, Among Friends/St. Brigid, Stouffville
    • 1 staff, Polka Dot Academy, Markham
    • 1 staff, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
    • 2 staff, LoveView Early Learning, Richmond Hill
    • 1 staff, Bright PathTrowers, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Two Trees Child Care, Newmarket
  • 122 (+4) of 5,241 child care centres with current cases (2.33%)
  • 20 child care centres currently closed (.38%)

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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