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New COVID-19 outbreaks declared at two Ottawa schools

Josh Pringle CTV News Ottawa Producer and Digital Lead

Published Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:49PM EDT

A empty classroom is pictured at Eric Hamber Secondary school in Vancouver, B.C. Monday, March 23, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

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OTTAWA -- COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at two Ottawa schools, including at one school for a second time.

Ottawa Public Health reports new outbreaks at All Saints High School and Ecole elementaire catholique Montfort. Public health did not say how many cases were at the two schools.

The Ottawa Catholic School Board reports six cases of COVID-19 at All Saints High School. Six classes are currently closed due to COVID-19 cases.

According to the Conseil des ecoles catholiques du Centre-Est, there is one case of COVID-19 at Ecole elementaire catholique Montfort.

This is the second COVID-19 outbreak at Ecole elementaire catholique Montfort. There were three student cases and a staff case at Ecole elementaire catholique Montfort during the COVID-19 outbreak between Sept. 20 and Oct. 5.

There are COVID-19 outbreaks at 10 schools in Ottawa:

All Saints High School
Farley Mowat Public School
Ecole secondaire catholique Franco-Cite
Ecole elementaire catholique Montfort
Ecole elementaire publique Seraphin Marion
Gabrielle-Roy school
Peak Academy
St. Jerome Catholic School
St. Joseph High School
St. Peter High School

The COVID-19 outbreak at École élémentaire Catholique Saint-Joseph-d'Orléans was declared over on Thursday. Two students tested positive for novel coronavirus at the school.