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Positive numbers shown in Livingstone Range mid-year COVID-19 report
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A total of 11 schools in the Livingstone Range School Division (LRSD) have had at least one confirmed COVID-19 case in the first four months of the school year, according to a mid-year report the local school division released last week.
From Sept. 1 to Jan. 31, the school division has had 24 confirmed cases in its schools. A total of 459 students and 63 staff have been affected by confirmed cases and quarantined as directed.
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The LRSD notes that some students and staff were affected by more than one case, so some students and staff were counted more than once.