How many COVID-19 cases have been reported in your Columbus-area school district?

Megan Henry, The Columbus Dispatch
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The new school year is underway, and students and staff members are testing positive for COVID-19.

As of March 10, the Ohio Department of Health no longer asks schools to report positive cases of COVID-19 to local health departments, unless the school has actually tested the student. Quarantine and isolation guidelines remain the same.

Previously, ODH recorded new and cumulative COVID-19 cases that were reported to schools by parents, guardians and staff members for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Individual schools were required to report COVID-19 cases to their local health department which then reports the cases to the state health department.

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Cases involve full- and part-time students and staff members — including teachers, administrators, support staff and coaches.

The Ohio Department of Health updates its list every Thursday. The cases are reported by cumulative cases for the year and new infections in the most recent week, which is defined as the previous Monday through Sunday.

Listed here are all public school districts in Franklin County and its six contiguous counties (Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union):

Earlier this summer, teachers at Woodcrest Elementary School, including Michael Menendez, a fifth-grade math and science teacher, prepared their classrooms for the first day of school at the year-round school.
Earlier this summer, teachers at Woodcrest Elementary School, including Michael Menendez, a fifth-grade math and science teacher, prepared their classrooms for the first day of school at the year-round school.

COVID cases in Columbus schools

The Dispatch will update these numbers every Thursday afternoon*:

Amanda-Clearcreek: No cases reported. 134 students, 59 staff (cumulative).

Berne Union: No cases reported. 97 students, 24 staff (cumulative).

Bexley: 4 students, 1 staff (new). 514 students, 72 staff (cumulative).

Big Walnut: 3 students, 0 staff (new). 443 students, 30 staff (cumulative).

Bloom-Carroll: No cases reported. 141 students, 18 staff (cumulative).

Buckeye Valley Local: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 247 students, 23 staff (cumulative).

Canal Winchester: 0 student, 0 staff (new). 496 students, 90 staff (cumulative).

Circleville: 1 student, 0 staff (new). 223 students, 40 staff (cumulative).

Columbus: 19 students, 7 staff (new). 2,407 students, 863 staff (cumulative).

Delaware: 3 students, 0 staff (new). 840 students, 145 staff (cumulative).

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Dublin: 12 students, 5 staff (new). 3,372 students, 509 staff (cumulative).

Fairbanks: No cases reported. 253 students, 49 staff (cumulative).

Fairfield Union: No cases reported. 131 students, 34 staff (cumulative).

Gahanna-Jefferson: 3 students, 1 staff (new). 1,703 students, 253 staff (cumulative).

Grandview Heights: 5 students, 1 staff (new). 249 students, 45 staff (cumulative).

Granville: 3 students, 0 staff (new). 175 students, 9 staff (cumulative).

Groveport Madison: 4 students, 0 staff (new). 755 students, 177 staff (cumulative).

Hamilton: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 47 students, 8 staff (cumulative).

Heath: No cases reported. 124 students, 8 staff (cumulative).

Hilliard: 0 students, 0 staff (new), 1,436 students, 183 staff (cumulative).

Jefferson: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 300 students, 43 staff (cumulative).

Johnstown-Monroe: No cases reported. 121 students, 13 staff (cumulative).

Jonathan Alder: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 494 students, 58 staff (cumulative).

Lakewood Local: No cases reported. 100 students, 3 staff (cumulative).

Lancaster: No cases reported. 1,070 students, 225 staff (cumulative).

Liberty Union-Thurston: No cases reported. 196 students, 46 staff (cumulative).

Licking Heights: 4 students, 0 staff (new). 207 students, 19 staff (cumulative).

Licking Valley: No cases reported. 75 students, 3 staff (cumulative).

Logan Elm: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 67 students, 12 staff (cumulative).

London: 1 students, 0 staff (new). 216 students, 23 staff (cumulative).

Madison-Plains: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 169 students, 24 staff (cumulative).

Marysville: No cases reported. 825 students, 162 staff (cumulative).

New Albany-Plain Local: 5 students, 1 staff (new). 1,000 students, 214 staff (cumulative).

Newark: No cases reported. 305 students, 57 staff (cumulative).

North Fork: No cases reported. 42 students, 3 staff (cumulative).

North Union: No cases reported. 214 students, 47 staff (cumulative).

Northridge: 2 students, 0 staff (new). 60 students, 15 staff (cumulative).

Olentangy: 11 students, 1 staff (new). 1,628 students, 289 staff (cumulative).

Pickerington: 2 students, 0 staff (new). 1,178 students, 270 staff (cumulative).

Reynoldsburg: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 762 students, 135 staff (cumulative).

South-Western: 0 students, 0 staff (new), 678 students, 140 staff (cumulative).

Southwest Licking: No cases reported. 178 students, 2 staff (cumulative).

Teays Valley: 8 students, 1 staff (new). 690 students, 161 staff (cumulative).

Upper Arlington: 9 students, 0 staff (new). 1,317 students, 208 staff (cumulative).

Walnut Township: No cases reported. 71 students, 13 staff (cumulative).

Westfall: 1 student, 0 staff (new). 156 students, 49 staff (cumulative).

Westerville: 9 students, 2 staff (new). 2,100 students, 433 staff (cumulative).

Whitehall: 0 students, 0 staff (new). 340 students, 102 staff (cumulative).

Worthington: 9 students, 3 staff (new). 1,313 students, 224 staff (cumulative).

*Last updated: 2:37 p.m. March 10

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus-area school districts with COVID cases: Weekly numbers