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Two École Samuel de Champlain students test positive for COVID

Two classrooms have been closed at the Orillia school; There are also two cases and two classrooms closed at Orchard Park Elementary School
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Two students who attend ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain in Orillia have tested positive for COVID-19 between Nov. 2 and 3. Two classrooms have been closed. 

There are 10 new COVID-19 cases being reported in schools across Simcoe County today.

Currently, there are 38 total active COVID-19 cases being reported by local school boards at Simcoe County schools as of 4 p.m. on Nov. 1.

The Simcoe County District School Board has 17 confirmed active cases at nine schools listed. They are: 

  • Assikinack Public School, Barrie, eight cases, four classrooms closed. This school has been in outbreak since Oct. 22.
  • Hewitt's Creek Public School, Barrie, one case, one classroom closed. 
  • Honourable Earl Rowe Public School, Bradford, one case 
  • Innisfil Central Public School, one case, one classroom closed. 
  • Orchard Park Public School, Orillia, two cases, two classrooms closed. 
  • W. H. Day Elementary School, Bradford, one case, one classroom closed. 
  • West Bayfield Elementary School, Bayfield, one case. 
  • Willow Landing Elementary School, Barrie, one case, one classroom closed. 
  • Innisdale Secondary School, one case.  

According to the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, there are currently 26 active cases spread across eight schools:

  • Father F.X. O'Reilly Catholic School is reporting one case, and one classroom closure
  • Holy Cross Catholic School, Innisfil, nine cases, four closed classrooms. This school has been in outbreak since Oct. 22.
  • Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic School in Barrie has one case and one classroom closure
  • Sister Catherine Donnelly Catholic School in Barrie is reporting one case and one classroom closure today
  • St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School in Barrie, seven cases and three classroom closures. This school has been in outbreak since Nov. 1.
  • Two cases at St. Mary's Catholic School in Collingwood, with two classrooms closed
  • Four cases and seven classroom closures at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Barrie
  • One case at St. Peter's Catholic Secondary School in Barrie, two classroom closures

The MonAvenir Catholic School Board has reported two students who attend ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain in Orillia have tested positive for COVID-19 between Nov. 2 and 3. Two classrooms have been closed. 

La Source Elementary School in Barrie, which is part of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde board reported one active case on Oct. 29.


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