The second wave of COVID-19 has hit one segment of City of Brampton employees particularly hard.
As of Jan. 4, the number of Brampton Transit drivers confirmed positive for the virus in December hit 12. That was a 50 per cent increase compared to the previous month, which saw eight confirmed cases among operators.
All but two of the 14 confirmed COVID-19 cases among city staff last month were transit operators, with the other two being a transit facility employee and a bylaw services worker.
To date, since the pandemic hit the city in March, there have been a total of 38 Brampton Transit operators infected with the potentially deadly virus. In total, transit operators have accounted for 65.5 per cent of the 58 confirmed front-facing city staff cases listed on the city’s website.
Here is a list of confirmed transit operator cases in December, which routes they drove and the day they last worked:
1) Last day worked: December 28, 2020 — Routes: 501 Züm Queen and 511 Züm Steeles
2) Last day worked: December 28, 2020 — Routes: 7 Kennedy and 23 Sandalwood
3) Last day worked: December 28, 2020 — Routes: 502 Züm Main
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5) Last day worked: December 27, 2020 — Routes: 511 Züm Steeles, 14 Torbram and 30 Airport
6) Last day worked: December 23, 2020 — Routes: 511 Züm Steeles and 2 Main
7) Last day worked: December 16, 2020 — Routes: 501 Züm Queen and 15 Bramalea
8) Last day worked: December 11, 2020 — Routes: 1 Queen, 18 Dixie, 30 Airport and 50 Gore Rd.
9) Last day worked: December 11, 2020 — Routes: 505 Züm Bovaird and 33 Peter Robertson
10) Last day worked: December 10, 2020 — Routes: 501 Züm Queen, 511 Züm Steeles, 4 Chinguacousy and 7 Kennedy
11) Last day worked: December 8, 2020 — Routes: 511 Züm Steeles, 2 Main, 3 McLaughlin and 7 Kennedy
12) Last day worked: December 4, 2020 — Routes: 14 Torbram and 50 Gore Rd.
Visit www.brampton.ca to view a full list of front-facing city employees with COVID-19 since March.
