manitoba and ontario have said they were considering similar measures to avoid overwhelming their own health systems.
british columbia says it will bring back students in january in a phased approach, with staff and students whose parents are health workers, as well as those who need extra support, returning to class on jan. 3 or 4. all other students will go back to school on jan. 10.
ontario, manitoba, alberta, british columbia and quebec set new case records wednesday, with the latter reporting more than 13,000 infections, 10 more deaths and a 102-person rise in covid-19-related hospitalizations. ontario reported 10,436 new infections and three deaths.
alberta more than doubled its active case count in a week, while recording its highest single-day increase of new infections.
this report by the canadian press was first published dec. 30, 2021.
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