KITCHENER Schools in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph have moved to virtual learning until at least April 18. If you had told me a week ago I was going to be closing the schools, I probably wold have thought No, I don t think so, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer. Dr. Mercer said there s been a spike in COVID-19 cases over the last five or six days in the health unit. The seven-day moving rate of school-aged children quadrupled in a two-week period from 25 to nearly 100. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph reported 297 new cases between April 1 and 6. There are 363 active cases in that region as of Tuesday. They ve reported 5,546 cases of the disease to date, along with 5,077 recoveries and 106 deaths.