A person at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary School in Niagara Falls has tested positive for COVID-19.
“Niagara Catholic has been advised that an individual at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic
Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, students and staff at Our Lady
of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary School were exposed to COVID-19 while this individual was
infectious,” said a District School Board of Niagara advisory.
The individual is currently in self-isolation and the principal has sent a letter notifying students and staff. Niagara Public Health is in the process of contacted individuals that have in direct contact with the individual.
Niagara Catholic is not saying if the infected person is a staff member or student.
COVID-19 in Niagara schools
The DSBN is currently reporting six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in five of its schools, with 10 closed classrooms. All DSBN schools are open.
Niagara Catholic is reporting five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in five of its schools, with no closed classrooms. All Niagara Catholic schools are open.
Both school boards are refraining from identifying whether the cases reported are students or staff.
COVID-19 in West Niagara schools
There are no COVID-19 cases reported in west Niagara schools from either school board.
Detailed data as follows for each school board :
District School Board of Niagara
| School | Location | Cases | Closed Classrooms | School Status |
| Ferndale Public School | St. Catharines | 1 | 3 | Open |
| Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School | St. Catharines | 1 | 1 | Open |
| Welland Eastdale Secondary School | Welland | 3 | 5 | Open |
| William Hamilton Merritt Public School | St. Catharines | 1 | 1 | Open |
Niagara Catholic School Board
| School | Location | Cases | Closed Classrooms | School Status |
| Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School | St. Catharines | 1 | 0 | Open |
| Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School | St. Catharines | 1 | 0 | Open |
| Mary Ward Catholic Elementary School | Niagara Falls | 1 | 0 | Open |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary School | Niagara Falls | 1 | 0 | Open |
| St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary School | Niagara Falls | 1 | 0 | Open |
School Board COVID-19 Online Trackers
Both Niagara school boards have online COVID-19 trackers that set out school data that parents can access online.
The District School Board of Niagara launched its tracker page at: https://www.dsbn.org/covid-19-information/covid-19-public-advisory.
It publishes a table of its schools listed alphabetically and tracks the “date of confirmed positive test” along with confirmed cases in each school, closed classrooms, and school closure status.
For example, the first DSBN school to register a COVID-19 case was Eastdale Secondary School in Welland. It shows the latest test date of Sept 18, 2020. It shows three cases and five closed classrooms.
The boards do not report who was infected, or whether the case relates to a student or staff member.
Niagara Catholic District School Board also launched its COVID-19 school tracker page at: https://niagaracatholic.ca/covid-19-advisories/
It specifies in a table the schools, confirmed cases, closed classrooms, and closure status (open or closed).