COVID outbreak declared at Avenue Road PS, staff member at Southwood SS tests positive (update)

Another COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a school in the region.

The latest was declared in a classroom at Avenue Road Public School in Cambridge.

Another student case was confirmed on Thursday to go along with another student case that was confirmed over the weekend.

The classroom cohort is currently dismissed.

Public health will be contacting the classroom cohort that is in an outbreak to provide guidance on the revised self-isolation date.  

The Waterloo Region District School Board also points out that no additional classrooms or cohorts will be dismissed.

The other school outbreaks are at Holy Spirit Catholic School (two cases) and Our Lady of Grace Catholic school (four cases).

The public board also confirmed on Thursday that a staff member at Southwood Secondary School in Cambridge has tested positive for COVID-19.

They were last in the building on Monday.

Public Health will notify any high-risk contacts directly, and they will need to self isolate until November 16 as a precaution. 

It's the first case to be confirmed at the high school. 

You can find a list of all of the confirmed cases in elementary and secondary schools in Waterloo Region so far this year below:

– November 5: One staff member at Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 5: One student at Avenue Road Public School, Cambridge

– November 2: One student at St. Dominic Savio Catholic School, Kitchener

– November 1: One staff member at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 1: One student at Queensmount Public School, Kitchener

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

– October 31: One case at ÉÉC Mère-Élisabeth-Bruyère, Waterloo

– October 31: One student at Avenue Road Public School, Cambridge

– October 31: One student at Manchester Public School, Cambridge

– October 30: One student at Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge (Public Health declared an outbreak on Oct. 31.) 

– October 29: One staff member at Lexington Public School, Waterloo 

– October 29: Two students at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener 

– October 26: One student at Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– October 26: One student at St. David Catholic Secondary School, Waterloo

– October 25: One staff member at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener 

– October 24: One student at Saint John Paul II Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener 

– October 23: One student at Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– October 23: One student at Janet Metcalfe Public School, Kitchener

– October 21: One student at Tait Street Public School, Cambridge

– October 19: One student at Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge

– October 18: One student at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School, Kitchener

– 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