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There have been 2,292 workers infected with COVID-19 in current oilsands outbreaks, according to Alberta Health. There were 859 cases still active as of Wednesday, which marked the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job.
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The sectors for the oil industry and trades had 207 and 653 successful applicants respectively. The most claims were for the sector including municipal, education and health workers (3,840 claims) and manufacturing (1,910).
Alberta Health has not released any data on workplace transmission.
By Jaryn Vecchio
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The community is being asked to play a big part in ensuring schools remain open for the remainder of the school year.
Students will officially return to in-school classes on Monday after the provincial government had those in grades 7 to 12 move to online learning at the end of November to help stop the surge of COVID-19 cases across Alberta.
All grades have spent the first week of 2021 learning online as schools prepared for everyone’s return.
“The best place for our students, we know and everybody knows, is in school with each other not only for academics but for the socializing and relationships that are so so important,” said George McGuigan, Superintendent of the Fort McMurray Catholic School District.