Over the weekend, the two Niagara school boards reported a total of three new COVID-19 infections in their schools, bringing the total infections in the region’s schools to nine.
No COVID-19 cases have been detected in West Niagara schools. All cases are located in St. Catharines, Welland or Niagara Falls schools.
The District School Board of Niagara reported one new infection Sunday. It said “an individual
at Ferndale Public School has tested positive for COVID-19. For privacy reasons, the identity of the
individual will not be shared. Students and staff who were in close proximity to the individual are being contacted and told by Niagara Regional Public Health to stay home and self-isolate.”
Ferndale Public School is located in St. Catharines
Niagara Catholic reported two new infections over the weekend.
On Saturday it said an individual at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School in St. Catharines has tested positive for COVID-19.
On Sunday, it said an individual at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary School in Niagara Falls has tested positive for COVID-19.
In both cases, it said students and staff at the school were exposed to COVID-19 while the individual was infectious. Individuals in both schools are in self-isolation.
Both school boards are refraining from identifying whether the cases reported are students or staff.
COVID-19 in Niagara schools
The DSBN is currently reporting five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in three of its schools, with nine closed classrooms. All DSBN schools are open.
Niagara Catholic is reporting six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four of its schools, with zero closed classrooms. All Niagara Catholic schools are open.
Detailed data as follows fro each board :
District School Board of Niagara
| School | Location | Cases | Closed Classrooms | School Status |
| Ferndale Public School | St. Catharines | 1 | 3 | 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).