2 Edina Schools Removed From MDH Coronavirus Outbreak List

EDINA, MN — Two Edina schools were taken off the Minnesota Department of Health’s weekly list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Concord Elementary and Creek Valley Elementary remain on the most recent list, after Highlands Elementary and South View Middle School were removed Thursday.

Schools are taken off the list when they have not reported a new case for 28 days, according to MDH officials.

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, as of Oct. 20. 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-seven Hennepin County schools were included on this week's list, two more than last week.

The total number of Minnesota schools on the coronavirus outbreak list climbed to 559, up from 535 last week and 497 the week before.

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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."