Toronto District School Board has confirmed to Global News that there are 19 positive cases of COVID-19 linked to Thorncliffe Park Public School.The board says 433 tests were completed on staff and students on Thursday and Friday.Eighteen students and one staff member tested positive for the virus.
Ontario reports 1,708 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths This comes days after, the Ontario government launched a pilot project for voluntary COVID-19 testing of students and staff without symptoms in schools.Principal Jeff Crane sent a letter to parents Sunday evening.“The positivity rate within the school is approximately 4% which is significantly less than the 16% positivity rate within the Thorncliffe Park community,” he said.Ryan Bird, a.