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The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The COVID-19 infection toll keeps growing in the London-area public school board, surfacing in almost two dozen of its schools since winter break began.

The head of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Table is cautioning Canadians about relying on rapid test results to determine whether or not to gather for the holidays, saying the Omicron COVID-19 variant is too dynamic for a rapid test to be the only failsafe.

This latest figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 1,595 since March 2020, with 257 active.

Amid dire warnings of a surging toll of mass infection and death over the coming weeks and months, Canada’s official pandemic death toll surpassed the horrendous figure of 30,000 Thursday.

“What’s the problem with going back to 25% capacity in a restaurant?” Peter Juni asked. “Life will continue.”