1 AV School Added, 1 Removed From MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List

APPLE VALLEY, MN — One Apple Valley school was recently added to the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19, and one school was removed.

Dakota Ridge School was removed from the list this week. The most recent addition is Eastview High School

Here are the Apple Valley schools that are currently on the list:

• Cedar Park Elementary School of Science
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 17-30, Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies
  • Reported between 5-9 cases between Oct. 17-30, between 10-19 cases between Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 5-9 cases between Nov. 28-Dec. 11. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Greenleaf Elementary School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Highland Elementary School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases between Oct. 31-Nov. 13, 5-9 cases between Nov. 14-27 and between 5-9 cases from Nov. 28-Dec. 11. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Southview Elementary School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 3-16, between 5-9 cases from Oct. 17-30 and 5-9 cases between Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Falcon Ridge Middle School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases between Oct. 31-Nov. 13. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Scott Highlands Middle School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases between Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 5-9 cases between Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.

• Valley Middle School
  • Reported between 10-19 cases between Oct. 3-16, between 10-19 cases between Oct. 17-30, between 10-19 cases between Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 10-19 cases Nov. 28-Dec. 11. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Apple Valley Senior High School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases between Oct. 17-30, 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 10-19 cases from Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.
• Eastview High School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Nov. 28-Dec. 11.
• School of Environmental Studies
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will release more data when it is available.

The list is updated every Thursday.

Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. To view the list of schools on the current list, click here and search for "Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings."

A school has 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.

"School buildings listed may not have ongoing transmission," MDH noted. "School buildings that have not reported a new case for 28 days will be removed. If five or more cases are reported in a school building in a subsequent 2-week period, they will once again be listed."

Dakota County has 72 schools on the list.

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