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Schools are not safe, union leaders want Hamilton schools closed amid more COVID-19 cases
Union leaders at Hamilton school boards are calling for full remote learning as students and staff continue to contract COVID-19. They re also casting doubt on Premier Doug Ford s insistence that schools are safe right now.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 4:53 PM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
An immunization station is shown at Hamilton s first COVID-19 vaccine clinic. The city recorded 162 more cases of the virus on Tuesday.(Submitted by Hamilton Health Sciences)
Hamilton is reporting 162 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Tuesday as dozens of outbreaks continue across the city.
The city has recorded 5,826 cases during the pandemic (both confirmed and probable). Of those, 1,317 are active and 4,292 resolved.
Statistics shared by public health show 162 people who had the virus have died, an increase of four compared to the day before. Three of the people who died were 80 or older and one was between 60 and 69, according to the city s website.
15 more COVID-19 cases as Hamilton schools break for holidays
Fifteen more people across schools in Hamilton have the virus as the winter break begins. Thirteen of these are students and two are staff.
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There are 15 more cases of COVID-19 linked to Hamilton schools. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Fifteen more people across schools in Hamilton have tested positive for COVID-19 as the winter break begins. Thirteen of the cases were students and two were staff members.
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board reported three students at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School as having the virus on Saturday. No outbreak is being declared, the school said.