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

1 more school surveillance in Newmarket, totalling 7 active; 2 Catholic elementary schools close in York Region, with 8 outbreaks and 75 school surveillances; Ontario reports 299 new school cases, totalling 4,872, at 737 schools
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 7 (+1) active school surveillances
    • Armitage Village, Newmarket High #2, Huron Heights #2, Clearmeadow, Dr. John M. Denison, Innova Academy, Sir William Mulock #3
  • 20 (+1) school-related cases to date
    • Armitage Village (1 staff)
    • Newmarket High School #2 (1 staff)
    • Huron Heights Secondary School #2 (1 staff) 
    • Clearmeadow Public School (1 student)
    • Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary School (4 students)
    • Innova Academy (1 student)
    • Sir William Mulock #3 (1 staff)
    • Denne Public School (1 student)
    • 2nd surveilliance Nov. 9 at Sir William Mulock (2 students)
    • Sacred Heart Catholic High School (1 staff)
    • Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School (1 student)
    • 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 Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 2 (+2) schools closed
    • St. Benedict CES, Markham (4 students) to Dec. 14
    • St. Padre Pio CES, Woodbridge (1 student, 1 staff) to Dec. 9
  • 30 school outbreaks*, 8 active
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 30 at Tommy Douglas Secondary #4 , Woodbridge (2 students, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 29 at St. Padre Pio, Woodbridge (5 (+4) students, 1 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 26 at Dr. Roberta Bondar, Maple #2 (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 25 at Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad (1 (-4) student, 2 staff) 
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 23 at Bakersfield #2, Thornhill (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 19 at St. Michael the Archangel #2, Woodbridge (3 students)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 13 at Richmond Green Secondary, Richmond Hill (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 6 at Country Day School, King (2 students, 2 staff)
  • 22 closed school outbreaks
  • 447 (+17) total confirmed cases
  • 334 (+8) students
  • 113 (+3) staff
  • 239 (+9) schools under surveillance, 75 (+6) active **:
    • Newmarket: Armitage Village (1 staff); Newmarket High #2 (1 staff); Huron Heights #2 (1 staff); Clearmeadow (1 student); Dr. John M. Denison (4 students); Innova Academy (1 student); Sir William Mulock #3 (1 staff)
    • Aurora: St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student); St. Andrew's College #2 (1 staff); Devins Drive (1 student); ecole secondaire catholique renaissance (1 student); Aurora High #2 (2 students)
    • King: Villanova College #2 (1 staff)
    • Whitchurch-Stouffville: St. Brigid #2 (2 (+1) students, 1 staff); St. Brendan #2 (1 staff)
    • Richmond Hill: Academy for Gifted Children PACE (1 student); Holy Trinity (1 staff); Christ the King #2 (1 staff); St. Marguerite d'Youville #2 (2 students); Beynon Fields #2 (3 students); Our Lady Queen of the World #2 (2 students, 3 staff); Richmond Hill High #2 (2 students, 2 staff)
    • Thornhill: Uplands Community Learning (1 student); Rosedale Heights #2 (1 student); Louis-Honore Frechette #2 (1 student); Netivot HaTorah #2 (1 student); Thornhill Woods (1 staff); Charlton (1 student); E.J. Sand (2 students); Stephen Lewis Secondary (4 students, 1 staff); Vaughan Secondary #2 (2 students)
    • Markham: Unionville Meadows #2 (2 students); Town Centre Private #4 (1 student); Coppard Glen #2 (1 staff); Somerset Academy (1 student); Wismer (1 student); St. Brother Andre #2 (1 student); Ashton Meadows (1 student); Milliken Mills # 2 (1 student); St. Benedict (4 students); Markham Gateway #2 (2 students); Cornell Village (2 students); Randall #2 (4 students); Bill Hogarth #2 (1 staff); St. Francis Xavier (1 student); John McCrae (1 student); William Berczy (1 staff); Sunrise Montessori (1 staff); Parkland #2 (1 student); Markham District High #2 (2 students); Legacy #2 (1 student, 1 staff); Armadale (3 students); Boxwood (1 student, 1 staff); Cedarwood #2 (1 student); Middlefield Collegiate #3 (3 students)
    • Woodbridge: St. Angela Merici (1 student, 1 staff); St. Emily #2 (1 student); Guardian Angels #2 (2 students); St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High #2 (1 student); Blue Willow #3 (1 student); Vellore Woods (3 students); Elder's Mills #3 (1 student);  Lorna Jackson (2 students);  Emily Carr (4 students, 1 staff); St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student)  
    • Maple: Bialik Hebrew #2 (1 student); St. Joan of Arc Catholic High #2 (2 students); ecole elementaire le-petit-prince (1 staff); Viola Desmond (1 student); Teston Village (1 student); Michael Cranny #2 (3 students)ecole intermediaire catholique renaissance #3 (1 student); Maple Creek (3 students); Maple High #2 (7 students, 1 staff)
    • Concord: Everest Academy (1 staff) 
  •  164 (+3) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 11-day surveillance closed Dec. 1 at  Our Lady of the Annunciation, Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • 11-day surveillance closed Nov. 30 at  German Mills #2, Thornhill (1 student)
    • 8-day surveillance closed Nov. 30 at San Marco, 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 

*** 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

  • 2 active child care centre outbreaks
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 26 at Jelly Bean Academy, Vaughan (2 children)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Brightpath Child Care Centre, Vaughan (2 children, 5 (+1) staff)
  • 36 cases children
  • 30 (+1) cases staff
  • 21 closed child care centre outbreaks

Ontario (reported today at 10:30 for Nov. 30): 

Cases in schools

  • 4,872 (+299) school-related cases
  • 3,107 (+86) students
  • 677 (+46) staff
  • 1,088 (+0) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 737 (+67) of 4,828 schools with a case (15.2%)
  • 6 (+2) schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 806 (+40) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 446 (+21) children, including in York Region:
    • 2 children, St. Benedict's, Markham
    • 1 child, Among Friends Day Care St. Brigid, Stouffville
    • 1 child, Mackenzie Health Child Care, Richmond Hill
    • 1 child, Dr. Roberta Bondar YMCA, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Sharei Tzion Day Care, Thornhill
    • 2 children, St. Marguerite D'Youville, Richmond Hill
    • 1 child, Jelly Bean Academy, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, YMCA of Greater Toronto/Charlton, Thornhill
    • 1 child, Wonderland Day Care, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Kids Can Doodle, San Marco, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, Bizzy Buddies, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, Blessed Trinity, Maple
    • 1 child, Fun on the Run, Maple
  • 346 (+19) staff, including in York Region:
    • 1 staff, Upper Canada Creative, Maple
    • 1 staff, Pierre Berton, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Wishing Well Montessori, Markham
    • 1 staff, Macklin House, Markham
    • 1 staff, Glen Cedar School Age Program, Newmarket
    • 1 staff, Fun on the Run Holy Jubilee, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Le Club Child Care/Blue Willow, Woodbridge
    • 1 staff, Precious Beginnings, Woodbridge
    • 1 staff, Bright PathTrowers, Vaughan
  • 154 (+21) of 5,249 child care centres with current cases (2.93%)
  • 18 (+4) child care centres currently closed (.34%)

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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