There are three new COVID cases in Simcoe County schools as of Tuesday morning, all at schools in Barrie.
According to area school boards, there are 23 active COVID cases in schools in Simcoe County as of the morning of Sept. 21.
The Simcoe County District School Board has not added any new cases to their advisory board since Monday.
There are currently five active cases reported by the Simcoe County District School Board.
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
- One case and 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
As of Tuesday morning, the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board has reported two new cases at Monsignor Clair Catholic School in Barrie, with two classrooms closed. There is also a new case at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Barrie, with two classrooms closed.
Within the board, there are 17 active cases spread across 10 schools.
In addition to the new cases reported Monday night, the current active cases in Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board schools include:
- 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
Conseil scolaire Viamonde reported one student case in the region at Roméo-Dallaire High School in Barrie on Sept. 13.
There are two school outbreaks in the region, one declared at Fieldcrest Elementary School in Bradford. There have been two cases at the school. The other is at Alliston Union Public School. There were four cases and impacted cohorts have been excluded.
The schools are still open, but the impacted cohort(s) have been instructed to self-isolate.
The health unit declares a school outbreak where there is evidence of person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 at the school.
School boards are required to post regular, public updates on COVID cases linked to their schools. A case in a school does not automatically indicate that person caught COVID-19 at the school.
Anyone who was in close contact with the infected person will be notified by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.
Not all school boards specify whether a case is a student or staff member.
