1 Maple Grove School Added To MDH Coronavirus Outbreak List

MAPLE GROVE, MN — One Maple Grove school was added Thursday to the Minnesota Department of Health’s weekly list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Ave Maria Academy joined seven other Maple Grove schools on the list after reporting between five and nine coronavirus cases between Sept. 19 and Oct. 2, according to the MDH.

The most recent list, released Thursday, includes four Osseo Area elementary schools in Maple Grove — Fernbrook, Rice Lake, Rush Creek and Weaver Lake — as well as Maple Grove Middle School, Maple Grove Senior High and Parnassus Preparatory Charter School.

The COVID-19 data dashboard for Osseo Area Schools shows there have been 387 total coronavirus cases among students in the district since Sept. 7, including 43 new cases from Oct. 19-25. The district serves about 20,500 students.

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The district has reported 67 total coronavirus cases since Sept. 7 among about 4,100 staff members, according to the 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.

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.

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"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."