COVID-19 Outbreak Affecting 22 Summit HS Students Linked To Parties, Officials Say

From CBS Denver:

By Audra Streetman

October 28, 2020

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Summit County Public Health Department is investigating a recent outbreak of COVID-19 among Summit High School students. Health officials believe the 22 confirmed cases are tied to social gatherings and parties outside of school.

“We are aware of at least one party that several of the infected individuals attended, including students that were known positive cases and close contacts of positive cases that had been ordered by public health officials to isolate or quarantine,” Summit County Public Health Director Amy Wineland said. “We are dismayed at the direct violation of the stay at home orders, and that parents permitted students to disregard their isolation and quarantine orders. This puts everyone in our community at risk.”

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