23 schools across Alberta have identified cases of COVID-19
Alberta's education and health ministers were rejecting concerns from physicians in July, that the province's re-entry plan for schools doesn't do enough to protect students and teachers from COVID-19.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said her plan, announced last week, is "robust" and was developed in consultation with Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
"I'm very confident in the plan," she said.
By September 8 there were 23 schools across Alberta with identified cases of COVID-19.
In Edmonton, schools include Archbishop MacDonald High School, Louis St. Laurent, École Sainte-Jeanne-D'Arc and Ross Sheppard High, a public school in northwest Edmonton that has sent nearly 100 students into isolation.
Bowness High School, Bridlewood School, St. Angela School and Lester B. Pearson High School in Calgary, as well as Raymond High School in Raymond and Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore, have all reported in letters to parents that a case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed.