Mass. reports 591 new COVID-19 cases among students, 418 among school staff across the state
The weekly update from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education only reflects coronavirus cases reported to the state by public school districts.
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Massachusetts officials are reporting 591 new positive coronavirus cases among students and 418 new cases among staff at public school districts across the Bay state.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its weekly report Thursday on COVID-19 in schools, which only reflects confirmed coronavirus cases reported by districts to state officials between Dec. 10 and Dec. 16. Being over two and a half months since the state began releasing the data, this new report brings the combined total of cases among students to 2,978 and 2,122 among staff.
The data reflects cases reported at charter schools, collaboratives, and approved special education schools, though it excludes any COVID-19 diagnoses for students learning in fully remote models. The numbers also exclude any diagnoses for “staff that have not been in district buildings during the seven days prior to the report of the positive case.”
According to the state, the districts reporting more than 10 total cases include:
Andover (5 among students and 6 among staff), Braintree (13 among students and 3 among staff), Danvers (9 among students and 4 among staff), Fall River (1 among students and 10 among staff), Framingham (8 among students and 6 among staff), Marlborough (15 among students), Medford (8 among students and 8 among staff), Milton (11 among students and 5 among staff), New Bedford (33 among students and 9 among staff), North Andover (13 among students), Peabody (13 among students and 6 among staff), Plymouth (12 among students and 7 among staff), Quincy (10 among students and 10 among staff), Rockland (9 among students and 2 among staff), Shrewsbury (14 among students and 5 among staff), Westford (12 among students and 6 among staff), Winchester (6 among students and 6 among staff), and Woburn (6 among students and 6 among staff).
View the full report from the state here.
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