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

2 schools remain in surveillance in Newmarket; 10 more schools cases, totalling 312, in York Region; Ontario reports 119 more school cases, totalling 3,626, and 25 more child care cases, totalling 639
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Newmarket (reported Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m.)

Schools

  • 2 active school surveillances
    • Denne, Sir William Mulock #2 
  • 10 school-related cases to date
  • 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 Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 schools closed
  • 20 school outbreaks*, 5 (-1) active
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 18 at  Fossil Hill #2, Woodbridge (1 student, 2 (+1) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 15 at St. Mary, King Township (3 (+1) students)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 13 at Richmond Green Secondary, Richmond Hill (1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 10 at Blue Willow #2, Woodbridge (1 student, 1 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 6 at Country Day School, King (2 students, 2 staff);
  • 16 (+2) closed school outbreaks
    • 7-day outbreak closed Nov. 18 at Father Henri JM Nouwen, Richmond Hill (1 student, 1 staff)
    • 19-day outbreak closed Nov. 17 at Ross Doan, Richmond Hill (6 students, 1 staff)
  • 312 (+10) total confirmed cases
  • 228 (+8) students
  • 83 (+2) staff
  • 175 (+3, 1 moved to outbreak) schools under surveillance, 61 (-1) active **:
    • Newmarket: Denne (1 student); Sir William Mulock #2 (2 students)
    • East Gwillimbury: Good Shepherd (1 staff); Phoebe Gilman (1 student)
    • King: King City Secondary #2 (1 student); Villanova College #2 (1 staff); Nobleton (1 student) 
    • Richmond Hill: St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High #2 (1 student); Bayview Secondary #2 (1 staff); Bayview Hill #2 (2 staff); Our Lady Queen of the World #2 (1 staff); Christ the King (1 staff); Lake Wilcox (1 student, 1 staff); Richmond Hill High #2 (1 student, 2 staff); St. Anne (1 staff); Moraine Hills #2 (2 students); Trillium Woods (1 student, 1 staff); Pleasantville (2 students)
    • Thornhill: St. Elizabeth Catholic High #2 (1 staff); Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad (1 student); Brownridge (1 staff); Henderson Avenue (2 students); Stephen Lewis Secondary (4 students, 1 staff)
    • Markham: Armadale (1 student); Mindtech Montessori North Campus (1 student); William Armstrong (1 student); Beckett Farm (1 student); St. Augustine Catholic High #2 (1 student); Town Centre Private #3 (1 student, 1 staff); Greensborough #2 (1 student); Town Centre Private #2 (1 staff); Boxwood (1 student); Bur Oak Secondary (2 (+1) student); David Suzuki #2 (1 staff); Pierre Elliott 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)
    • Woodbridge: St. Agnes of Assisi (1 staff); Woodbridge P.S. #2 (1 staff); St. Andrew (1 student); Glenn Gould (1 staff); St. Michael the Archangel #2 (1 student); Father Bressani Catholic High #2 (1 staff); King Heights Academy (1 student); Holy Cross (4 students, 2 staff); Tommy Douglas Secondary #3 (1 student); St. Veronica #2 (1 student); Glen Cedar Montessori (1 student); Emily Carr (3 students); St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student) 
    • Maple: Maple High #2 (2 students); Blessed Trinity (1 student, 1 staff); Herbert. H. Carnegie (1 student); Michael Cranny (1 staff); Mackenzie Glen #3 (1 student); Nellie McClung #2 (1 student); Holy Jubilee (2 students); St. Mary of the Angels (2 students); Discovery (1 student); Bialik Hebrew Day (1 student)
    • Kleinburg: Kleinburg Public #2 (1 student)
  •  114 (+4, 1 moved to outbreak) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 4-day surveillance closed Nov. 17 at Wendat Village #2, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 student)
    • 20-day surveillance closed Nov. 17 at at St. Brendan, Whitchurch-Stouffville (1 staff)
    • 3-day surveillance closed Nov. 17 at Roselawn #2, Richmond Hill (2 students)

*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. 4 at Polka Dot Academy, Markham (8 children, 5 (+1) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Brightpath Child Care Centre, Vaughan (4 staff)
  • 32 cases children
  • 28 (+1) cases staff
  • 20 closed child care centre outbreaks

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 18): 

Cases in schools

  • 3,626 (+119) school-related cases
  • 2,077 (+92) students
  • 461 (+17) staff
  • 1,088 (+0) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 670 of 4,828 schools with a case (13.88%)
  • 3 (+2) schools closed

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 639 (+25) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 347 (+13) 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 child, Upper Canada Creative Rosedale North, Thornhill
    • 1 child, Phoebe Gilman Public School, East Gwillimbury
    • 1 child, Le Club Child Care/Blue Willow, Woodbridge
    • 4 children, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
  • 292 (12) staff, including in York Region:
    • 1 staff, Precious Beginnings, Woodbridge
    • 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, Polka Dot Academy, Markham
    • 1 staff, Terrace Woods Day Care/Wee Watch, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Bright PathTrowers, Vaughan
  • 128 (+4) of 5,249 child care centres with current cases (2.44%)
  • 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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