NWSS records another COVID-19 exposure after lull at New West schools

The New Westminster school district has recorded its first COVID-19 exposure in nearly two weeks.

New Westminster Secondary School saw an exposure on June 8, according to the Fraser Health school exposures site this morning. The June 14 update marks the first time since June 2 that any local school was on the list.

Exposures in local schools have been trending down since the latter half of May. Here's how exposures have looked at New West's schools since the winter break:

EXPOSURE DATES AT NEW WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS IN 2021

Glenbrook Middle School: Jan. 4; Feb. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22; April 6, 7, 8, 23; May 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 28

Queensborough Middle School: Jan. 11; Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26; April 19, 20; May 12, 13, 14

Herbert Spencer Elementary: Jan. 25; April 13, 14

Fraser River Middle: Jan. 27, 28, 29; March 2, 3, 4, 5; May 25, 26

New Westminster Secondary: Jan. 28; Feb. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 17, 18, 19, 23; March 8, 9, 11, 12, 29, 30, 31; April 1, 6, 9, 16; May 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13; June 8

Richard McBride Elementary: Feb. 10, 11, 12, 22, 23; March 1; April 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 29, 30

Qayqayt Elementary: Feb. 22, 23; March 8, 9; April 14, 15, 16; May 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

F.W. Howay Elementary: Feb. 17, 18

Lord Kelvin Elementary: March 3, 4; April 16, 19, 20, 21; May 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14

Queen Elizabeth Elementary: March 8, 9

Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary: April 20, 22; May 3, 5, 6

Connaught Heights Elementary: May 11, 12

Hume Park Home Learners Program: Jan. 5

POWER Alternate Secondary: April 12

Night school at NWSS: May 12, 25

Purpose Independent Secondary School: May 13, 14, 18, 26, 27

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