Greenvale Park Elementary Added To MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List
NORTHFIELD, MN — Greenvale Park Elementary School was added to the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19.
This is the fourth Northfield school on the list.
Here are the Northfield schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19:
Bridgewater Elementary School
Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 10-19 cases from Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.
Greenvale Park Elementary School
Reported 5-9 cases from Dec. 12-25.
Northfield Middle School
Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 5-9 cases Nov. 28-Dec. 11. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.
Northfield Senior High School
Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 17-30, 10-19 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13, 5-9 cases Nov. 28-Dec. 11 and 5-9 cases Dec. 12-25.
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."
See also:
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This article originally appeared on the Northfield Patch
