An individual at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in St. Catharines has tested positive for COVID-19.
“Niagara Region Public Health has advised the DSBN that an individual at Sir Winston Churchill
Secondary School has tested positive for COVID-19. For privacy reasons, the identity of the individual
will not be shared,” said a District School Board of Niagara advisory.
COVID-19 in Niagara schools
The DSBN is currently reporting six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four of its schools, with 10 closed classrooms. All DSBN schools are open.
Niagara Catholic is reporting four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four 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 |
| 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).