No Edina Schools Added To Weekly Coronavirus Outbreak List

EDINA, MN — Four Edina schools remain on the Minnesota Department of Health’s weekly list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Concord Elementary was added to the state's list last week, joining Creek Valley Elementary, Highlands Elementary and South View Middle School. All four remained on the most recent list, which was released Thursday.

The COVID-19 data dashboard for Edina Public Schools shows there have been 161 total coronavirus cases among students in the district this school year. The district serves about 8,400 students.

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Forty-eight have had to quarantine due to close contact in a school setting or school-sponsored activity, the dashboard shows.

There have also been 35 total coronavirus cases this school year among about 1,200 staff members, according to the district's dashboard.

Seventy-five Hennepin County schools were included on the list Thursday, three more than last week.

The total number of Minnesota schools on the coronavirus outbreak list jumped from 497 last week to 535 on Thursday.

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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.

"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."