The Grey Bruce Health Unit is working with Bluewater District School Board to address an outbreak of COVID-19 associated with Normanby Community School in Ayton.
Public Health now says there is evidence of transmission of COVID-19 within the school environment.
They say to date, there are two cases related to the outbreak.
The Health Unit says it is the lead in all outbreaks and case management and will let you know if you are a close contact with someone who has COVID-19, based on a thorough risk assessment completed only by Public Health.
They say they are working with the cases and Bluewater District School Board to identify others, both in and out of the school environment, who may have been exposed and to determine their risk level.
Public Health’s daily report says two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Grey Bruce Tuesday. One is in Southgate, the other is in the Town of the Blue Mountains.
With ten recoveries, Public Health says there are 26 active cases in the region and 12 Active Probable Cases. Probable cases are not lab confirmed, but are symptomatic and are high-risk contacts of an active case.
They say there are 149 High Risk Contacts associated with the region’s active cases.
Three people from Grey Bruce are currently hospitalized.
No one has died locally from the virus.
There are two long-term care facilities with declared outbreak status, The Village Seniors Long-Term Care home in Hanover
and Errinrung Long-Term Care Home in Thornbury.