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The province reported 500 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 32 in Island Health. There are 177 active cases on the Island. The central Island region which includes the Cowichan Valley, Oceanside, Nanaimo, and Alberni/Clayoquot has the most, with 132 confirmed cases. There are another 22 in the south Island, and 22 in the north. There have also been 14 new deaths, bringing to 1,104 the number of COVID-19 related fatalities since March. None of the deaths were on Vancouver Island, but Island Health confirmed that two recent deaths are linked to the outbreak at Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence in Nanaimo. Seven residents and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. Island Health said there have been multiple rounds of follow-up testing on staff and residents, and no new cases have been identified since Jan. 6. ....
“We follow the direction of Island Health,” said district spokesman Mike Russell. Chemainus Secondary School, Cowichan Secondary School and Quamichan School have also had COVID-19 exposures this month. An exposure is when a single person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 attends a school during their infectious period. Duncan Christian School, a private school that is not part of the district, will be closed until Feb. 1 after several people in the school community tested positive for COVID-19. A notice was issued Monday by the Sooke School District saying there had been a COVID-19 exposure at Royal Bay Secondary School. Read Related Topics ....
VICTORIA Island Health has identified another possible COVID-19 exposure at a Vancouver Island school. The health authority says that the exposure occurred at Alexander Elementary School in Duncan on Jan. 13, 14 and 15. The elementary school is the ninth school across Vancouver Island that is currently listed on the Island Health school exposure website. Four of the schools are located in Duncan, including Duncan Christian School, which decided to close its doors until Feb. 1 to help curb a cluster of cases that had affected a high number of staff. So far, Island Health says that just a single person has tested positive for COVID-19 at Alexander Elementary School. ....
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He said several staff members are following COVID-19 precautionary measures and self-isolating. “This makes it difficult to function operationally,” he said. A COVID-19 exposure was reported at the school Jan. 6-8. The school issued an update last Wednesday noting that “two or more members” of the school had tested positive for COVID-19. A Saturday notice reported further cases. On Sunday, Island Health informed the school that more people had tested positive in what’s now being called a cluster of cases. Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medical health officer for Island Health, said the health authority did not ask the school to close. ....