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

No cases in Newmarket schools, child care centres; 9 schools under surveillance, 2 child care centre outbreaks in York Region; no Saturday update for Ontario
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Newmarket (reported Saturday, Sept. 19, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 school-related cases
  • 0 schools closed

Licensed child care facilities

  • 0 child care centre cases
  • 0 child care centres closed

York Region (reported Saturday, Sept. 19, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

  • 0 school outbreaks*
  • 0 schools closed
  • 9 (+1) confirmed cases
  • 4 students
  • 5 (+1) staff/visitors
  • 9 (+1) schools under surveillance**:
    • Carrville Mills (1 staff), Thornhill
    • Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1 staff), J. Addison (1 student), Little Rouge (1 student), in Markham;
    • St. Michael the Archangel (1 staff); Tommy Douglas Secondary (1 student), Blue Willow (1 staff), Our Lady of Fatima (1 staff), in Woodbridge;
    • Dr. Roberta Bondar (1 student) in Maple

*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

  • 4 (+2) child care centre outbreaks*
  • 2 active outbreaks
    • Childventures Early Learning Academy, Aurora (1 staff)
    • Montessori School House, Maple (1 child, 1 staff)
  • 1 cases child
  • 4 cases staff/visitors

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

Ontario (reported Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m.):

Cases in schools

  • 72 (+11) school-related cases
  • 25 (+5) students; 22 staff
  • 25 (+6) individuals not identified 
  • 60 (+9) of 4,828 schools with a case (1.24%)
  • 1 school closed: Fellowes High School, Pembroke (3 staff cases)

Cases in child care centres and homes

  • 76 (+4) cases at child care centres and homes
  • 35 (+1) children
  • 41 (+3) staff
  • 16 (+4) of 5,027 child care centres with current cases (0.32%)
  • 4 (+1) child care centres currently closed (.08%)

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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