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

2 schools remain under surveillance in Newmarket; 2 more school outbreaks in York Region, at King, Woodbridge schools, totalling 11 active; Ontario reports 85 more schools cases, totalling 2,628 at 582 schools
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Newmarket (reported Friday, Nov. 6, 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 Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 15 school outbreaks*, 11 (+2) active
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 6 at Country Day School, King (2 (+1) students, 1 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 5 at Immaculate Conception, Woodbridge (3 students);
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at  Eitz Chaim, Thornhill (5 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 Anne Frank, Maple (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 31 at St. Raphael the Archangel, Maple (6 students, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Mesorah Montessori, Thornhill (3 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Ross Doan, Richmond Hill (5 students, 1 staff);
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 30 at Father Frederick McGinn, Richmond Hill (2 students, 1 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
  • 2 schools closed
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at St. Andrew's College (1 student) 
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 29 at Elder's Mills #2, Vaughan (6 students, 3 staff) 
  • 217 (+4) total confirmed cases
  • 162 (+3) students
  • 55 (+1) staff/visitors
  • 118 (-1, 2 moved to outbreak) schools under surveillance, 40 (-4) active **:
    • Notre Dame (1 student); Sir William Mulock Secondary (1 student) in Newmarket
    • Aurora High (1 student, 1 staff) in Aurora 
    • Phoebe Gilman (1 student); Holland Landing (1 staff) 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
    • St. Brendan (1 staff); Harry Bowes (2 students) in Whitchurch-Stouffville
    • Moraine Hills #2 ( 2 students); Our Lady Queen of the World (1 student); Trillium Woods (1 staff); Pleasantville (1 student); Dr. Bette Stephenson Centre for Learning (1 staff); Bayview 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); Louis-Honor Frechette (1 student); Bayview Glen (1 staff); Stephen Lewis Secondary (4 students, 1 staff) in Thornhill
    • Randall (1 student); Town Centre Private (1 student); Bill Crothers Secondary #2 (3 students); Bill Hogarth Secondary (3 students); St. Augustine Catholic High (1 student, 1 classroom closed); David Suzuki (1 staff) in Markham
    • Emily Carr (2 students); St. Emily (1 student); Blue Willow #2 (1 student); Woodbridge College (1 student, 1 staff); Johnny Lombardi (2 students); St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student); Holy Cross Academy (3 students, 2 staff) in Woodbridge
    • Our Lady of the Rosary (1 student) in Concord
    • Ecole intermediaire catholique Renaissance #2 (1 staff); Bialik Hebrew Day (1 student) in Maple
    • Pope Francis (1 staff) in Kleinburg  
  •  78 (+3) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 13-day surveillance closed Nov. 5 at As-Sadiq Islamic, Thornhill (2 staff)
    • 14-day surveillance closed Nov. 4 at St. Robert Catholic High, Thornhill (1 student)
    • 26-day surveillance closed Nov. 2 at St. Woodbridge P.S. (1 student, 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 

*** 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

  • 10 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 (3 children, 2 (+1) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 3 at Ktantanim Daycare, Thornhill (2 (+1) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 2 at Loveview Early Learning Child Care, Richmond Hill (2 child, 3 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. 24 at As-Sadiq Day Care, Vaughan (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 26 (+3) cases children
  • 21 (+3) cases staff/visitors
  • 11(+1) closed child care centre outbreaks

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

Ontario (Nov. 5 data reported Friday, Nov. 6, at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 2,628 (+85) school-related cases
  • 1,484 (+49) students
  • 328 (+8) staff
  • 816 (+28) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 582 (+2) of 4,828 schools with a case (12.05%)
  • 1 case at the York Catholic District School Board office, Aurora
  • 1 case at the York Region District School Board site, Newmarket
  • 1 school closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 496 (+8) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 269 (+3) children, including in York Region:
    • 1 child, Phoebe Gilman Public School, East Gwillimbury
    • 1 child, Kids Island Daycare, Concord
    • 1 child, Le Club Child Care/Blue Willow, Woodbridge
    • 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, We Are Family Children's Centre, Vaughan
    • 4 children, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
  • 227 (+5) staff, including in York Region:
    • 1 staff, Among Friends/St. Brigid, Stouffville
    • 1 staff, Polka Dot Academy, Markham
    • 1 staff, YMCA Bernard Jr Y, Richmond Hill
    • 1 staff, Ktantanim Daycare, Thornhill
    • 1 staff, Father Frederick McGinn Children's Centre, Richmond Hill
    • 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
    • 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
  • 118 of 5,240 child care centres with current cases (2.25%)
  • 21 (-1) child care centres currently closed (.40%)

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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