Health & Fitness
842 Schools On MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List
The number of schools went down by one since last week.
MINNESOTA — There are currently 842 schools on the Minnesota Department of Health's list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.
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There were over a thousand schools on the list earlier this month, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
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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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