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

Canadian Martyrs first school to close in Newmarket; school cases surpass 600 in York Region, 5 schools closed, 11 outbreaks; Ontario reports 319 more school cases, totalling 6,664, at nearly 19% of schools
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Newmarket (reported Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 1 (+1) school closed
  • 1 school outbreak
    • Armitage Village Public School
  • 3 (-1) active school surveillances
    • St. Elizabeth Seton, Sir William Mulock #4, Rogers
    • 22-day surveillance closed Dec. 14 at Innova Academy (1 student)
  • 25 school-related cases to date
    • St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School (1 student)
    • Sir William Mulock Secondary #4 (1 student)
    • Rogers Public School (1 student)
    • Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School #2 (1 student)
    • Armitage Village (2 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. 15, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 5 (+2) schools closed
    • The Academy for Gifted Children P.A.C.E., Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • Canadian Martyrs CES, Newmarket (1 student) to Jan. 4
    • Father Bressani Catholic High School #3, Woodbridge (1 student, 1 staff) to Jan. 4
    • St. Clement CES, Woodbridge (3 students) to Jan. 4
    • Toronto District Christian High School, Woodbridge (2 students)
  • 42 school outbreaks*, 11 active
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 12 at  All Saints, Markham (2 students) 
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 12 at Stornoway Crescent, Thornhill (2 students) 
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 10 at  Woodbridge P.S. #3 (8 (+2) students)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 8 at Beynon Fields #2, Richmond Hill (4 (+1) students) 
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 4 at Armitage Village, Newmarket (2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 4 at Maple Creek, Maple (3 students)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 3 at Willowbrook, Thornhill (2 students)
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 1 at Maple High #2 (11 students, 3 (+2) staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 30 at Middlefield Collegiate #3, Markham (13 (+6) students, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 30 at Tommy Douglas Secondary #4 , Woodbridge (5 students, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Nov. 13 at Richmond Green Secondary, Richmond Hill (1 student, 1 staff) 
  • 31 (+0) closed school outbreaks
  • 610 (+26) total confirmed cases
  • 468 (+22) students
  • 142 (+4) staff
  • 297 (+3) schools under surveillance, 74 (-2) active **:
    • Newmarket: St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic (1 student); Sir William Mulock #4 (1 student); Rogers (1 student); Innova Academy (1 student)
    • Aurora: Aurora High #3 (1 student); Lester B. Pearson (1 student); Northern Lights (1 student); Wellington #2 (1 student)
    • Keswick: W.J. Watson (1 staff)
    • Whitchurch-Stouffville: Stouffville District Secondary #2 (1 student); St. Brigid #2 (2 students, 1 staff)
    • East Gwillimbury: Phoebe Gilman #2 (1 student)
    • Richmond Hill: Our Lady Queen of the World #3 (1 student); Dr. Bette Stephenson #2 (2 students); Beverly Acres #2 (1 student); Redstone (1 staff); Bayview Secondary #3 (1 student); Trillium Woods #2 (2 students); Michaelle Jean (1 student); Our Lady of Hope (1 staff); O.M. Mackillop (1 staff); Alexander Mackenzie High (2 students); Roselawn #3 (1 staff); Academy for Gifted Children PACE (1 student)
    • Thornhill: Baythorn #2 (1 student); Shmuel Zahavy Chedar Chabad #2 (2 (+1) students, 4 (+1) staff); Thornhill Secondary (1 student); German Mills #2 (1 student); Kayla's Children's Centre #2 (1 staff); Eitz Chaim #2 (1 student); Westmount Collegiate (3 (+1) students, 1 staff); Ventura Park (1 student);  Rosedale Heights #2 (2 students)
    • Markham: Sir Richard W. Scott (1 staff); St. Augustine Catholic High #3 (1 staff); Armadale #2 (1 staff); Black Walnut (1 staff); Markville Secondary (1 student, 1 staff); St. Joseph (1 student); Bayview Fairways (1 staff); Bill Crothers #3 (2 students); Pierre Elliott Trudeau High #3 (2 students); Cedarwood #2 (1 student); St. Brother Andre #2 (2 (+1) students); Milliken Mills # 2 (4 students, 1 staff); Randall #2 (5 students); Markham District High #2 (2 students)
    • Woodbridge: St. Clement (3 students); Pierre Berton #2 (1 student); Fossil Hill #3 (2 students); Emily Carr #2 (1 student, 1 staff); Johnny Lombardi #2 (1 student); Elder's Mill #3 (2 students); St. Gregory the Great (2 students); Father Bressani Catholic High #3 (1 student, 1 staff); St. Gabriel the Archangel #2 (1 student); Toronto District Christian High (2 students); Pine Grove (1 staff); St. Angela Merici (4 (+3) students, 1 staff); Vellore Woods (4 students); St. Gabriel the Archangel (1 student)  
    • Maple: St. Raphael the Archangel #2 (1 staff); St. David (1 student); St. Cecilia #2 (1 student); Divine Mercy (1 student); Romeo Dallaire #2 (1 student, 1 staff); Mackenzie Glen #4 (3 students); Nellie McClung #3 (3 students); Bialik Hebrew #2 (1 student); St. Joan of Arc Catholic High #2 (7 (+1) students); Teston Village (4 students); ecole intermediaire catholique renaissance #3 (1 student)
    • Concord: Forest Run #2 (1 staff)
  •  223 (+12) schools no longer under surveillance
    • 22-day surveillance closed Dec. 14 at Innova Academy, Newmarket (1 student)
    • 12-day surveillance closed Dec. 14 at St. Anne #2, Richmond Hill (1 student)
    • 12-day surveillance closed Dec. 15 at Beckett Farm #2, Markham (1 student)
    • 15-day surveillance closed Dec. 14 at Coppard Glen #2, Markham (1 student, 1 staff)
    • 25-day surveillance closed Dec. 14 at  Lorna Jackson, Woodbridge (2 students) 
    • 21-day surveillance closed Dec. 15 at Everest Academy, Concord (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

  • 2 (+0) active child care centre outbreak
    • Outbreak declared Dec. 10 at private home #6, Vaughan (3 (+1) children, 2 staff)
    • Outbreak declared Oct. 27 at Brightpath Child Care Centre, Vaughan (2 children, 5 staff)
  • 39 (+1) cases children
  • 35 cases staff
  • 24 (+0) closed child care centre outbreaks

Ontario (reported today at 10:30 for Dec. 14): 

Cases in schools

  • 6,664 (+319) school-related cases
  • 4,594 (+270) students
  • 977 (+48) staff
  • 1,093 (+1) individuals not identified (as student or staff) 
  • 889 (+24) of 4,828 schools with a case (18.91%)
  • 20 (+2) schools closed (All schools in Windor-Essex are closed)

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 1,124 (+55) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 610 (+30) children, including in York Region:
    • 1 child, Prince Charles YMCA, Newmarket
    • 2 children, Better Than Home, Newmarket
    • 1 child, Fossil Hill Child Care, Vaughan
    • 1 child, BrightPath Newmarket
    • 1 child, Fun on the Run Johnny Lombardi, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Family Day Care Armadale, Markham
    • 1 child, Wee Watch Private Home, Markham
    • 3 children, St. Benedict's, Markham
    • 1 child, Dr. Roberta Bondar YMCA, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Wonderland Day Care, Vaughan
    • 1 child, Fun on the Run, Maple
  • 514 (+25) staff, including in York Region:
    • 2 staff, Wee Watch, Markham
    • 1 staff, Netivot HaTorah,Vaughan
    • 1 staff, St. Mark's, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, St. Clement, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, The Children's Path, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Better Than Home, Newmarket
    • 1 staff, Rick Hansen Child Care, Aurora
    • 1 staff, Our Lady of Good Counsel Children's Academy, East Gwillimbury
    • 1 staff, Learning Jungle School Greensborough, Markham
    • 1 staff, Schwartz/Reisman Centre Daycare, Vaughan
    • 1 staff, Magic Tree, Aurora
    • 1 staff, San Lorenzo Ruiz Children's Centre, Markham
    • 1 staff, Mini Skool A Child's Place, Richmond Hill
    • 1 staff, Upper Canada Creative, Maple
    • 1 staff, Macklin House, Markham
    • 1 staff, Bright PathTrowers, Vaughan
  • 226 (+18) of 5,251 child care centres with current cases (4.3%)
  • 43 (+4) child care centres currently closed (.82%)

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
 
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