One new COVID-19 case in a school is being reported today, at Monsignor Clair Catholic School, which has also been declared in outbreak by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.
According to area school boards, there are 25 active COVID cases in schools in Simcoe County as of Sept. 23.
As of Thursday morning, the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board has reported one new case at Monsignor Clair Catholic School in Barrie, adding to two cases and classroom closures previously reported. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has declared the school in outbreak as of Sept. 22.
Within the board, there are 18 active cases spread across 10 schools.
In addition to the new case reported, the current active cases in Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board schools include:
- Three cases at Monsignor Clair Catholic School in Barrie, with two classrooms closed
- One case at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Barrie, with two classrooms closed
- One case at St. Theresa’s Catholic High School in Midland, with one classroom closed
- One case at St. James Catholic School (Tottenham)
- Two cases at St. Bernadette Catholic School (Barrie), and two classrooms are closed
- Two cases at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School
- Three cases and three classrooms closed at Barrie's Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic School
- Two cases and two classrooms closed at St. Nicholas Catholic School, also in Barrie
- Two cases and two classrooms closed at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Innisfil
- One case and one classroom closed at St. Marie of the Incarnation Catholic School in Bradford
The Simcoe County District School Board is reporting no new cases as of Sept. 23. The current active cases in Simcoe County District School Board schools include:
- One case and one classroom closed at Cameron Street Public School in Collingwood
- One case at Huron Park Public School in Midland
- Two cases and one classroom closure at W.H. Day Elementary School in Bradford
- One case at Fieldcrest Elementary School (Bradford), one classroom is closed
- One at Alliston Union Public School, and one classroom closed
Conseil scolaire Viamonde reported one student case in the region at Roméo-Dallaire High School in Barrie on Sept. 13.
In addition to the Montsignor Clair outbreak, there are three other current school outbreaks in the region at W.H. Day Public School in Bradford declared on Sept. 20 (three cases), Alliston Union Public School declared on Sept. 17 (four cases) and Fieldcrest Elementary School in Bradford declared on Sept. 15 (two cases).
The health unit declares a school outbreak where there is evidence of person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 at the school.
