Third Ottawa school closed due to COVID-19 outbreak

Eleven schools in Ottawa are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, including the newly closed Mauril-Bélanger elementary school.

Eleven cases are linked to the outbreak at Mauril-Bélanger elementary school in Vanier, according to Ottawa Public Health.

The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario's COVID-19 dashboard says the school is closed.

Meanwhile, a COVID-19 outbreak at a Barrhaven Catholic elementary school has grown to 26 cases.

St. Benedict School has been closed since Sept. 29 after an outbreak was declared at the school. At the time, there were 13 cases linked to the outbreak.