Student at Westmount Public School tests positive for COVID-19

A student at Westmount Public School in Kitchener has tested positive for COVID-19.

It's the first case to be confirmed there since the start of the school year. 

The affected student was last in the classroom this past Tuesday and Region of Waterloo Public Health has already identified a number of high-risk contacts. They have been asked to self-isolate until October 27.

Below are all the cases confirmed in local elementary and secondary schools since the start of the school year:

– October 18: One student at Westmount Public School, Kitchener

– October 15: One student at Cameron Heights Collegiate, Kitchener

– October 15: One student at Keatsway Public School, Waterloo

– October 14: One student at Elmira District Secondary School

– October 14: One student at Groh Public School, Kitchener

– October 13: One student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute

– October 13: Two students at St. Margaret of Scotland, Cambridge

– October 9: Two students at JF Carmichael Public School, Kitchener 

– October 8: One student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Kitchener 

– October 6: One student at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener 

– October 6: One student at Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener

– October 5: One student at Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener

– October 3: Two cases at École élémentaire Catholique Cardinal-Léger, in Kitchener 

– October 2: One student at Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener

– October 1: One student at Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener

– September 30: One student at Conestogo Public School, Conestogo 

– September 29: One staff member at Moffat Creek Public School, Cambridge 

– September 25: One staff member at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, Kitchener 

– September 23: One student at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, Kitchener

– September 23: One student at St. David Catholic Secondary School, Waterloo

– September 22: One student at Forest Hill Public School, Kitchener 

– September 22: Two students at Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– September 22: One student at Preston High School, Cambridge 

– September 21: One student at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener 

– September 21: One student at Clemens Mills Public School, Cambridge 

– September 21: One student at Williamsburg Public School, Kitchener 

– September 21: One student at Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener 

– September 20: One student at Riverside Public School, Elmira

– September 16: One student at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge 

– September 6: One staff member at Edna Staebler Public School, Waterloo