Schools COVID-19 data

Every day, schools, child care centres and licensed home child care agencies report to the Ministry of Education on children, students and staff that have positive cases of COVID-19. If there is a discrepancy between numbers reported here and those reported publicly by a Public Health Unit, please consider the number reported by the Public Health Unit to be the most up-to-date. Schools and school boards report when a school is closed to the Ministry of Education. Data is current as of 2:00 pm the previous day. This dataset is subject to change. Data is only updated on weekdays excluding provincial holidays **Effective June 15, 2022, board and school staff will not be expected to report student/staff absences and closures in the Absence Reporting Tool. The ministry will no longer report absence rates or school/child care closures on Ontario.ca for the remainder of the school year.** [Learn how the Government of Ontario is helping to keep Ontarians safe during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.](https://covid-19.ontario.ca/) ##Summary of school closures This is a summary of school closures in Ontario. Data includes: * Number of schools closed * Total number of schools * Percentage of schools closed ##School Absenteeism This report provides a summary of schools and school boards that have reported staff and student absences. Data includes: * School board * School * City or Town * Percentage of staff and students who are absent ##Summary of cases in schools This report provides a summary of COVID-19 activity in publicly-funded Ontario schools. Data includes: * School-related cases (total) * School-related student cases * School-related staff cases * Current number of schools with a reported case * Current number of schools closed Note: In some instances the type of cases are not identified due to privacy considerations. ##Schools with active COVID-19 cases This report lists schools and school boards that have active cases of COVID-19. Data includes : * School Board * School * Municipality * Confirmed Student Cases * Confirmed Staff Cases * Total Confirmed Cases ##Cases in school board partners This report lists confirmed active cases of COVID-19 for other school board partners (e.g. bus drivers, authorized health professionals etc.) and will group boards if there is a case that overlaps. Data includes : * School Board(s) * School Municipality * Confirmed cases – other school board partners ##Summary of targeted testing conducted in schools This data includes all tests that have been reported to the Ministry of Education since February 1, 2021. [School boards](http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sbinfo/boardList.html) and other testing partners will report to the Ministry every Wednesday based on data from the previous seven days. Data includes : * School boards or regions * Number of schools invited to participate in the last seven days * Total number of tests conducted in the last seven days * Cumulative number of tests conducted * Number of new cases identified in the last seven days * Cumulative number of cases identified ##Summary of asymptomatic testing at conducted in pharmacies: This is a summary of COVID-19 rapid antigen testing conducted at participating pharmacies in Ontario since March 27, 2021. * Total number of tests conducted in the last seven days * Cumulative number of tests conducted * Number of new cases identified in the last seven days * Cumulative number of cases identified

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