As of Friday, 337 schools had absent rates of at least 30 per cent, including 111 schools that were more than half empty. The head of a St. John's shelter for people experiencing homelessness says there are 17 cases of COVID-19 among the facility's guests. Ontario reported 4,790 new COVID-19 cases today but Public Health Ontario has said the actual number is higher because of changes to the province's testing policy. When schools reopened on Jan. 17, the province no longer required them to share information about COVID-19 cases. The previous campaign took place weeks ago when Pakistan witnessed decline in COVID-19 cases.

Source: thestar January 24, 2022 20:10 UTC