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

Huron Heights surveillance closes, Notre Dame CES surveillance opens in Newmarket; 2 more school outbreaks, totalling 13, and 43 schools under surveillance in York Region; Ontario reports 132 more school cases, totalling 2,260 at 578 schools
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 2 schools under active surveillance
    • Notre Dame, Sir William Mulock
    • 20-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Huron Heights Secondary (1 student, 1 staff)
  • 6 (+1) 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 Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 13 (+2) school outbreaks*, 9 active
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at  Eitz Chaim, Thornhill (5 (+4) students , 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at St. Mark, Whitchurch-Stouffville (2 (+1) students)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 1 at Silver Pines, Richmond Hill (2 students, -1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 31 at Anne Frank, Maple (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 31 at St. Raphael the Archangel, Maple (4 students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Mesorah Montessori, Thornhill (3 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Ross Doan, Richmond Hill (4 students, 1 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Father Frederick McGinn, Richmond Hill (2 students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 29 at Elder's Mills #2, Vaughan (6 students, 2 staff) 
    • 14-day outbreak closed Nov. 3 at Sir Walter Scott Public School, Richmond Hill (2 staff)
    • 15-day outbreak closed Oct. 28 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
  • 0 schools closed
  • 186 (+12) total confirmed cases
  • 137 (+10) students
  • 49 (+2) staff/visitors
  • 101 (+3) schools under surveillance, 43 (-2, 2 moved to outbreak) active**:
    • Notre Dame (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
    • Aurora High (1 student, 1 staff); St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed) in Aurora 
    • Holland Landing (1 staff) in East Gwillimbury
    • Lake Simcoe (1 staff); Keswick P.S. (1 staff) in Georgina
    • Country Day (1 student); Villanova College (1 student); King City Secondary (1 student); King City P.S. (1 student) in King City
    • Harry Bowes (2 students) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Dr. Bette Stephenson Centre for Learning (1 staff); Bayview Secondary (1 student); Roselawn (2 students); St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); Richmond Green Secondary (1 student) in Richmond Hill
    • Westminister (1 student); 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); Louis-Honor Frechette (1 student); Bayview Glen (1 staff); Stephen Lewis Secondary (4 (+3) students, 1 staff) in Thornhill
    • Randall (1 student); Cedarwood (1 student); Town Centre Private (1 student); Bill Crothers Secondary #2 (3 students); Bill Hogarth Secondary (2 students); St. Augustine Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); David Suzuki (1 staff) in Markham
    • Woodbridge College (1 student, 1 staff); Johnny Lombardi (2 students); St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High (1 student, 2 classrooms closed); Tommy Douglas Secondary #2 (1 student, 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
    • Bialik Hebrew Day (1 student); St. Joan of Arc Catholic High (2 students, 1 classroom closed) in Maple
    • Pope Francis (1 staff) in Kleinburg  
  •  48 (+10, 2 moved to outbreak) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 20-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Huron Heights Secondary, Newmarket (1 student, 1 staff)
    • 23-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Bakersfield, Thornhill (2 students)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Century Private, Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • 20-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Charles Howitt, Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • 15-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Toronto Montessori Bayview, Richmond Hill (1 staff) 
    • 15-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Markham Gateway, Markham (1 student)
    • 13-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at Pierre Berton, Woodbridge (1 student)
    • 21-day surveillance closed Nov. 3 at St. Peter, Woodbridge (1 staff)

*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

  • 9 active child care centre outbreaks*
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at Ktantanim Daycare, Thornhill (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 2 at Loveview Early Learning Child Care, Richmond Hill (1 child, 3 (+1) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 2 at Maple Children’s Montessori School, Vaughan (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 28 at private home daycare #3 (4 children, 1 caregiver)
    • 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 (2 children)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 25 at Centered on Children, Vaughan (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 24 at As-Sadiq Day Care, Vaughan (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 22 (+1) cases children
  • 16 (+2) cases staff/visitors
  • 10 closed child care centre outbreaks

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

Ontario (reported Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 2,260 (+134) school-related cases
  • 1,318 (+82) students
  • 306 (+13) staff
  • 736 (+39) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 578 (+20) of 4,828 schools with a case (11.97%)
  • 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
  • 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
  • 1 schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 453 (+23) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 250 (+7) 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, St. Veronica Children's Centre, Woodbridge
    • 1 child, We Are Family Children's Centre, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
  • 203 (+16) staff, including in York Region:
    • 2 staff, LoveView Early Learning, Richmond Hill
    • 1 staff, Bright PathTrowers, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Two Trees Child Care, Newmarket
    • 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
  • 122 (-3) of 5,237 child care centres with current cases (2.33%)
  • 33 (-1) child care centres currently closed (.63%)

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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