According to area school boards, there were 26 active COVID cases in schools in Simcoe County as of the end of the day on Sept. 16.
Simcoe County District School Board has reported two new cases in its latest update. There is one case and one classroom closed at Chris Hadfield Public School in Bradford and one case and one classroom closed at Hyde Park Public School in Barrie.
There are 11 active cases reported by the Simcoe County District School Board. The cases are spread across nine schools.
In addition to the new cases reported today, the current active cases in Simcoe County District School Board schools include:
- One case at Emma King Public School (Barrie), one classroom is closed
- One at Fieldfrest Elementary School (Bradford), one classroom is closed
- One at Admiral Collingwood Elementary School,
- Two at Alliston Union Public School, and two classrooms are closed.
- One at East Oro Public School,
- One at Collingwood Collegiate Institute, and
- Two at Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School (Angus).
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board has reported no new cases since Sept. 15. Within the board, there are 13 active cases spread across seven schools.
In addition to the new case reported today, the current active cases in Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board schools include:
- 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, and
- One case and one classroom closed at St. Marie of the Incarnation Catholic School in Bradford.
There are no new local cases in the French public school board. Conseil scolaire Viamonde, reported one student case in the region at Roméo-Dallaire High School in Barrie on Sept. 13.
COVID case counts are also unchanged locally in the French Catholic board. Mon Avenir Conseil Scolaire Catholique, reported one staff case Sept. 10 at ÉÉC Marguerite-Bourgeois, which is located in Borden.
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.
Ontario
According to reporting by the provincial government, there have been 570 school-related COVID-19 cases across Ontario since in-person class resumed this month. Of those 479 cases are students, 68 are school-related staff, and 23 are not specified. The cases are spread across 348 schools.
The province reported 246 cases of COVID-19 in childcare centres and home daycares over the last 14 days. The cases are spread across 126 centres, and there are 11 daycare centres closed.
One child case was identified at Hewitt's Creek Children's Academy in Barrie, two child case at Saint Gabriel YMCA Child Care in Barrie, two child cases and one staff case at Learning Cubs Child Care Inc. in Tottenham, and one staff case at Wellington Street Day Care (New Tecumseth).
