Two COVID cases at local public schools (update)

The health department has confirmed a student at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School has tested positive for COVID-19.

The student was last in the building on December 4.

High-risk contacts include a staff member, one classroom and some transportation students, who have all been instructed to self-isolate.

It's the first case at the Cambridge high school.

Another student has tested positive for COVID at Meadowlane Public School in Kitchener.

They were last in the building on December 8, and a number of high-risk school contacts have been identified.

Some staff members, and two student cohorts are self-isolating as a precaution.

This is the second confirmed case at the elementary school.

You can find a full list of positive cases in Waterloo Region schools below:

– December 8: One student at Meadowlane Public School, Kitchener

– December 8: One student at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School, Cambridge

– December 8: One student at Linwood Public School

– December 7: One staff member at Our Lady of Lourdes, Waterloo

– December 7: One staff member at Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School, Cambridge

– December 7: One student at Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– December 7: One student at Elgin Street Public School, Kitchener

– December 7: One staff member at Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge

– December 7: One student at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– December 7: One student at Linwood Public School

– December 6: One student at A.R. Kaufman Public School, Kitchener

– December 6: Four students at Linwood Public School

– December 6: One student at Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge

– December 6: One student at Baden Public School

– December 6: One student at Franklin Public School, Kitchener 

– December 5: One staff member at St. Mary's High School, Kitchener

– December 5: One student at Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener 

– December 4: Two students at an unnamed WRDSB program

– December 4: One student at A R Kaufman Public School, Kitchener

– December 4: One staff member at W.T. Townshend Public School, Kitchener

– December 3: One student at St. Benedict Secondary School, Cambridge

– December 3: One student at St. Gabriel, Cambridge

– December 3: One student at Moffat Creek Public School, Cambridge

– December 3: One student at Elmira District Secondary School (Outbreak declared on Dec. 3)

– December 3: One student at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– December 3: One student at Wellesley Public School

– December 3: One staff member at St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– December 3: One staff member at Monsignor Doyle, Cambridge

– December 2: Three students at Chicopee Hills Public School, Kitchener

– December 2: One student at Grand View Public School, Cambridge

– December 2: One student at Linwood Public School

– December 2: One student part of an unnamed WRDSB program

– December 2: One student at Clemens Mill Public School, Cambridge (not connected to outbreak)

– December 2: Two students at Clemens Mill Public School, Cambridge (Outbreak declared on Dec. 2)

– December 2: One student at Wellesley Public School

– December 1: One staff member at Abraham Erb Public School, Waterloo

– December 1: One staff member at Smithson Public School, Kitchener

– December 1: One student at Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– December 1: One staff member at Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, Waterloo

– December 1: One student at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– December 1: One student at Hespeler Public School, Cambridge

– December 1: One staff member at Franklin Public School, Kitchener

– November 30: One student at Williamsburg Public School, Kitchener

– November 30: One student at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– November 30: One student at Elmira District Secondary School, Elmira

– November 30: One student at Meadowlane Public School, Kitchener

– November 30: One student at Grand River Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– November 29: Three students at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener (Outbreak declared on Nov. 25)

– November 29: One student at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– November 29: One student at St. Mary's High School, Kitchener

– November 29: One staff member at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– November 29: One student at William G Davis Public School, Cambridge (Outbreak declared on Nov. 29.)

– November 29: One student at Riverside Public School, Elmira 

– November 29: One student at Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge 

– November 29: One student at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener 

– November 27: One student at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener

– November 27: One staff member at Glenview Park Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 26: One staff member at John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 26: One student at St. Boniface Catholic Elementary School, Maryhill

– November 26: One student at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School, Kitchener

– November 26: One staff member at Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 26: One student at Glenview Park Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 26: One staff member at Sandhills Public School, Kitchener

– November 25: One staff member and one student at St. Bernadette, Kitchener

– November 25: One student at St. Matthew, Waterloo

– November 25: One staff member at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 25: One student at Sir Adam Beck Public School, Baden

– November 25: One staff member at Wilson Avenue Public School, Kitchener

– November 24: One student at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, Kitchener

– November 24: One student at Janet Metcalfe Public School, Kitchener

– November 24: One student at Preston High School, Cambridge

– November 24: One student at Jean Steckle Public School, Kitchener

– November 23: One staff member at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 23: One staff member at Alpine Public School, Kitchener

– November 23: One student at Clemens Mill Public School, Cambridge

– November 23: Three students at Floradale Public School, Elmira

– November 23: One student at Preston Public School, Cambridge

– November 23: One staff member at Woodland Park Public School, Cambridge

– November 22: One student at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– November 22: Two students at Centennial Public School, Waterloo

– November 21: One student at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

 

– November 21: One student at William G Davis Public School, Cambridge

– November 20: One student at Sir Adam Beck, Baden (plus another student presumed positive)

– November 20: One staff member at Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 19: Two students at Stewart Avenue Public School, Cambridge

– November 17: One staff member at Centennial Public School, Waterloo

– November 17: One staff member at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 17: One student at Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge

– November 17: One student at Elmira District Secondary School

– November 17: One student at MacGregor Senior Public School, Waterloo

– November 16: One student at St. Daniel Catholic School, Kitchener

– November 16: One staff member at Our Lady of Grace, Kitchener

– November 16: One student at Westvale Public School, Waterloo

– November 16: One student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo

– November 15: One staff member at St. Mark Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 15: One student at École secondaire catholique Père-René-de-Galinée, Cambridge

– November 15: One staff member at Sir Adam Beck Public School, Baden

– November 14: One student at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– November 13: One staff member at Mary Johnston Public School, Waterloo

– November 13: One staff member at Elgin Street Public School, Cambridge

– November 12: One student at St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School, Cambridge

– November 11: One student at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 9: One student at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary School, Kitchener

– November 9: One student at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Cambridge

– November 9: One student at William G Davis Public School, Cambridge

– November 9: One student at Westheights Public School, Kitchener

– November 9: Two students at Lincoln Heights Public School, Waterloo

– November 8: Two students at St. Mary's High School, Kitchener

– November 8: One staff member at Abraham Erb Public School, Waterloo

– November 8: One student at Lexington Public School, Waterloo

– November 8: One student at Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge

– November 7: One student at Our Lady of Fatima, Cambridge

– November 6: One student at St. Mary's High School, Kitchener

– November 6: One student at Lexington Public School, Waterloo

– 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 20: One student at Wilson Avenue Public School, Kitchener

– 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 Institute, Kitchener

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

– October 14: One student at Elmira District Secondary School

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

– October 13: One student at Groh Public School, Kitchener

– October 13: One student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute

– 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 4: 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