NUMBERSELEMENTARY Currently Excluded From School: 8** Returned To School: 89*** Current Positive COVID Cases: 1* Currently Excluded From School: 7** Returned To School: 100*** District Employees Not Within Either school: 0
*All active cases are clinically diagnosed or lab confirmed positive COVID cases staying home in isolation. **This includes staff/students who are ill and/or are exhibiting symptoms common to COVID. Students/staff whose household member(s) is/are exhibiting symptoms are also excluded from school. Staff/students in quarantine are confirmed close contact exposure to a clinical or lab diagnosed COVID positive person; They must stay home 14 days since last contact regardless of testing. ***Cumulative number of employees/students who have returned to work or school after isolation or quarantine since the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. TOTAL POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES CLEARED DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR Elementary: 10 Middle School/High School: 24 District Employees Not Within Either school: 2
Houston County provides support to schools for contact tracing when a positive case is reported. Anyone identified as a close contact is notified. Close contacts are expected to quarantine and contact their physician. SCHOOL WEEK ENDING IN FRIDAY TOTAL # OF CASES PER 10,000/14 DAYS IN HOUSTON COUNTY Data for K-12 Schools: 14-day COVID-19 Case Rate by County 12/27-1/9: 83.05 12/20-1/2: 54.65 12/13-12/26: 56.80 12/6-12/19: 95.38 11/29-12/12: 139.31 11/22-12/5: 150.03 11/15-11/28: 126.99 1/8-11/21: 138.78 11/1-11/14: 150.03 10/25-11/7: 103.95 10/18-10/31: 54.12 10/11-10/24: 27.86 10/4-10/17: 16.61 9/27-10/10: 18.75 9/20-10/3: 19.29 9/13-9/26: 16.61 9/6-9/19: 15.00 8/30-9/12: 12.86 8/23 - 9/5: 10.18 There is a two week lag-time with the 14 day data reported by MDE. |