N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 1 day after classes resume, 63 anglophone schools have reported cases
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One day after New Brunswick students resumed in-person learning, 63 public schools in the anglophone districts each have at least one reported case of COVID-19.
In the francophone districts, COVID exposure advisories are in effect at 60 schools, although when they were reported is not indicated.
Monday was the first time most students were back in classrooms since the holiday break. They've been learning online at home since Jan. 11.
Anglophone South School District says the cases at 17 of its schools includes reports from last weekend.
Anglophone North School District also lumps Monday reports in with the weekend for a total of nine schools.
But the 24 affected schools at Anglophone West and 13 schools at Anglophone East are all from Monday, according to their dashboards.
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest lists 15 schools with reported cases, District scolaire francophone Nord-Est lists 21 schools and District scolaire francophone Sud, 29 schools.
"An exposure advisory remains in effect if there has been at least one positive case reported in the last 10 days," the south district's website states in French.
The Department of Education's daily summary website of COVID-19 impacts on schools across the province hasn't been updated since Dec. 22. "Regular updates will resume when in-person learning resumes," it states.
Department officials did not immediately respond to a request for information Tuesday about when the website will be updated.
As of Dec. 22, 897 cases of COVID had been confirmed in 193 schools since Sept. 7.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, said last week there would be "risks" with the return to school, but she was confident those risks were "manageable."
Among some of the measures in place:
Public Health used to notify schools of positive cases, conduct contact tracing and notify close contacts, while schools or school districts used to notify families of positive cases.
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