WINDSOR, ONT. --
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at St. Peter Catholic Elementary School in Tecumseh after three students within the same cohort tested positive for the virus.
“The affected cohort and the school community has been informed that a variant of concern has been identified in this cohort, however at this time, the outbreak is limited to the cohort that was dismissed and all other students and staff at St. Peter are deemed low-risk and may continue attending school as usual,” a news release from the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board said.
The board said the cohort was dismissed on Sunday. An outbreak is declared if there are two or more cases in a school and if there is evidence that at least one cause could have been infected at the school.