843 MN Schools On COVID-19 Outbreak List Amid Omicron Surge

MINNESOTA — There are currently 843 schools on the Minnesota Department of Health's list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

This data comes amid a surge of the omicron variant in Minnesota.

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There were over a thousand schools on the list the week of Dec. 9, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

A school is considered to have 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.

Schools on the list may not have ongoing transmission, according to MDH officials. Schools are removed from the list after 28 days without any new cases.

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