48 Dakota County Schools On MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List
DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — 48 schools in Dakota County are currently on Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent COVID-19 outbreaks.
There were 45 schools on the list last week.
The list is updated every Thursday.
Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. To view the list of schools on the current list, click here and search for "Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings."
A school has an outbreak when it reports five or more confirmed cases of the virus in students or staff who were in the building while infectious during the most recent two-week reporting period.
"School buildings listed may not have ongoing transmission," MDH noted. "School buildings that have not reported a new case for 28 days will be removed. If five or more cases are reported in a school building in a subsequent 2-week period, they will once again be listed."
Here are the Dakota County Schools that are on the list:
Highland Elementary School, Apple Valley
Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies, Apple Valley
Westview Elementary, Apple Valley
Southview Elementary School, Apple Valley
Falcon Ridge Middle School, Apple Valley
Valley Middle School, Apple Valley
Scott Highlands Middle School, Apple Valley
Apple Valley Senior High School, Apple Valley
Eastview Senior High School, Apple Valley
Echo Park Elementary School, Burnsville
Burnsville High School, Burnsville
Pinewood Elementary School, Eagan
Red Pine Elementary School, Eagan
Rahn Elementary School, Eagan
Woodland Elementary School, Eagan
Northview Elementary School, Eagan
Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School, Eagan
Black Hawk Middle School, Eagan
Eagan High School, Eagan
Riverview Elementary School, Farmington
Akin Road Elementary School, Farmington
Meadowview Elementary School, Farmington
Levi P. Dodge Middle School, Farmington
Robert Boeckman Middle School, Farmington
Farmington High School, Farmington
Pinecrest Elementary School, Hastings
Hastings Middle School, Hastings
Hastings High School, Hastings
Inver Grove Heights Middle School, Inver Grove Heights
Simley Senior High School, Inver Grove Heights
Kennedy Elementary School, Lakeville
Lake Marion Elementary School, Lakeville
McGuire Middle School, Lakeville
Lakeville North High School, Lakeville
Lakeville South High School, Lakeville
Mendota Elementary School, Mendota Heights
Friendly Hills Middle School, Mendota Heights
Visitation School, Mendota Heights
St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights
Parkview Elementary School, Rosemount
Shannon Park Elementary School, Rosemount
Rosemount Middle School, Rosemount
Rosemount Senior High School, Rosemount
Kaposia Education Center Elementary School, South Saint Paul
Lincoln Center Elementary School, South Saint Paul
South St. Paul Middle School, South Saint Paul
South St. Paul High School, South Saint Paul
Henry Sibley(now Two Rivers) High School, West Saint Paul
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This article originally appeared on the Mendota Heights Patch