MN's Weekly COVID-19 Outbreak List Tops 1K Schools

MINNESOTA — The number of schools on the Minnesota Department of Health’s list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks jumped almost 30 percent in a week and climbed above 1,000 for the first time this academic year.

Thursday’s list included 1,035 Minnesota schools. There were 799 schools on the list the previous week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

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The list shows 150 Hennepin County schools have had recent coronavirus outbreaks, as well as 74 schools in Ramsey County, 73 in Dakota County and 55 in Anoka County.

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.