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

No school, child care cases in Newmarket; York Region reports total of 19 school cases, with new cases in Stouffville, King, Richmond Hill, Vaughan; Ontario reports 272 school, and 115 child care cases

Newmarkettoday.ca
Sept. 29, 2020
Debora Kelly

Newmarket (reported Monday, Sept. 28, 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 Monday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m.)

Schools

1 school outbreaks*
Blue Willow, Woodbridge; 2 (+1) students, 1 staff
0 schools closed
19 (+6) confirmed cases
11 (+5) students
8 (+3) staff/visitors
12 (+5) schools under surveillance**:
Stouffville District Secondary (1 staff)
Holy Name (1 student) in King City
H.G. Bernard (1 staff) in Richmond Hill
Carrville Mills (1 staff), in Thornhill
Holy Cross Academy (1 staff); St. Michael the Archangel (1 staff); Tommy Douglas Secondary (1+2/3 students), Our Lady of Fatima (1 staff), in Woodbridge;
Mackenzie Glen (1 student); Maple High (1 student), Dr. Roberta Bondar (1 student) in Maple
Kleinburg P.S. (1 student) in Kleinburg
3 schools no longer under surveillance
*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 child care centre outbreaks*
2 active outbreaks
Childventures Early Learning Academy, Aurora (1 staff)
Montessori School House, Maple (1 child, 1 staff)
1 case child
4 cases staff/visitors
*An outbreak is declared with one or more confirmed case in children or staff

Ontario (reported Moday, Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m.):

Cases in schools

272 (+32) school-related cases
137 (+27) students; 52 (+3) staff
83 (+6) individuals not identified (as student or staff)
224 (+26) of 4,828 schools with a case (4.64%)
1 (-1) schools closed
Mason Road Junior, Toronto (1 student, 3 staff cases)
Cases in child care centres and homes

115 (+6) cases at child care centres and homes
58 (+4) children
57 (+2) staff
40 (+4) of 5,116 child care centres with current cases (0.78%)
10 child care centres currently closed (.20%)
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