COVID-19 Local News

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

While cases in younger people accounted for the increase in cases last summer, that's not currently the case, according to the region’s medical officer of health

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Newmarket holds at 348 cases, 15 cases in last 7 days; York Region reports 79 more cases, tallying 620 new cases in last 7 days; Ontario adds 826 more cases, 9 more deaths

The federal government says it will spend $214M on Canadian-made vaccines

4 schools remain under surveillance in Newmarket; 9 more schools under surveillance in York Region, bringing total school cases to 108; Ontario reports 74 more school cases, tallying 1,641 at 501 schools

How new laws would affect long-term care homes, if at all, that have been hit hard by the virus remains to be seen

Longtime former Newmarket resident Bobby Dunlop remains unconscious, but there are signs of improvement, his daughter says

4 more cases in Newmarket, totalling 348, of which 23 are active; new cases in York Region jump by 103, with 703 active; Ontario reports 841 new cases, and 9 more deaths

No new school, child care cases in Newmarket; outbreak declared at Richmond Hill school, 4 more schools under surveillance, 3 more child care centre outbreaks in York Region; Ontario reports a record 144 more school cases, totalling 1,569 at 516 schools