Island Health reports COVID-19 cluster at Victoria elementary school

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Island Health has sent out its first public notification about COVID-19 in a school since classes started earlier this month.

The health authority reported a COVID-19 cluster at Sir James Douglas Elementary School, located on Moss Street, in Victoria after another member of the school’s community has tested positive for the virus.

Dates of potential exposure are Sept. 8 to 10 and Sept. 13 to 15.

A cluster is defined as two or more confirmed cases within a 14-day period, with evidence of transmission within the school, and no other likely source of exposure.

Island Health does not publicly report exposures.

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