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. 2021 Aug 24;9(3):E810–E817. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210106

Table 3:

School settings where transmission may have occurred for 55 cases of school-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection*

Exposure setting No. of cases No. (%) of cases


Grades K–7
n = 35 exposure settings
Grades 8–12
n = 17 exposure settings
Staff only
n = 7 exposure settings
All grades
n = 59 exposure settings
Class 28 (26 students, 2 staff) 11 (10 students, 1 staff) 2 (2 staff) 41 (69.5)

Office, meeting or staff room 2 (2 staff) 1 (1 staff) 3 (3 staff) 6 (10.2)

Socializing at school 3 (3 students) 2 (2 students) 0 5 (8.5)

Unspecified interaction 0 1 (1 student) 2 (2 staff) 3 (5.1)

Field trip 0 2 (1 student, 1 staff) 0 2 (3.4)

Cohort 2 (2 students) 0 0 2 (3.4)

Note: K = kindergarten.

*

There were multiple potential exposure settings for some cases; an assessment of which within-school exposure setting was most likely responsible for transmission was not included as part of this study.

A cohort is a group of students and staff who remain together throughout a school term, the composition of which is consistent for all activities that occur in schools.