39 Dakota County Schools On MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List

DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — 39 schools in Dakota County are currently on Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent COVID-19 outbreaks.

There were 48 schools on the list last week.

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."

Here are the Dakota County Schools that are on the list:

• Cedar Park Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Highland Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Southview Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Falcon Ridge Middle School, Apple Valley
• Valley Middle School, Apple Valley
• Scott Highlands Middle School, Apple Valley
• Eastview Senior High School, Apple Valley
• William Byrne Elementary School, Burnsville
• Burnsville High School, Burnsville
• Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, Eagan
• Red Pine Elementary School, Eagan
• Rahn Elementary School, Eagan
• Woodland Elementary School, Eagan
• Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School, Eagan
• Black Hawk Middle School, Eagan
• Eagan High School, Eagan
• Faithful Shepherd Catholic School, Eagan
• Akin Road Elementary School, Farmington
• Meadowview Elementary School, Farmington
• Levi P. Dodge Middle School, Farmington
• Robert Boeckman Middle School, Farmington
• Farmington High School, Farmington
• Pinecrest Elementary School, Hastings
• Hastings Middle School, Hastings
• Hastings High School, Hastings
• Pine Bend Elementary School, Inver Grove Heights
• Inver Grove Heights Middle School, Inver Grove Heights
• Simley Senior High School, Inver Grove Heights
• Lake Marion Elementary School, Lakeville
• Century Middle School, Lakeville
• McGuire Middle School, Lakeville
• Lakeville North High School, Lakeville
• St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights
• Prairie Creek Community School, Northfield
• Rosemount Middle School, Rosemount
• Rosemount Senior High School, Rosemount
• Kaposia Education Center Elementary School, South Saint Paul
• South St. Paul Middle School, South Saint Paul
• South St. Paul High School, South Saint Paul

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