249 schools in Ontario have reported infections, but only 10 had more than two cases, according to the province’s data
Students arrive at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of TDSB, in Scarborough, Ont., on Sept. 15, 2020.One month after schools started opening across the country, the majority of classroom COVID-19 cases have been limited to one or two students or staff, with about a dozen schools experiencing the major outbreaks and closings many parents feared.
Reliable and comparable school COVID-19 statistics are rare among Canadian provinces, but a Globe and Mail tally from provincial data, school boards and media reports, found at least a dozen schools closed because of larger COVID-19 outbreaks that infected at least 140 students and staff. School cases have actually dropped in Alberta from 205 in the first week of classes to 122 last week. “I want to highlight these numbers not to minimize the importance of school safety but to emphasize the importance of limiting community transmission,” said Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw.Quebec is the province hardest-hit by the virus and sent students back to school first, with most starting Aug. 27.
However, the study also cautioned that “during high levels of community transmission, cases, clusters and outbreaks in schools are expected.”
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