7 Maple Grove Schools On Coronavirus Outbreak List: MDH

MAPLE GROVE, MN — The number of Maple Grove schools on the Minnesota Department of Health’s list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks climbed to seven this week.

Rush Creek Elementary was added to the state’s list Thursday, joining six other Maple Grove schools. Osseo Area Schools’ Fernbrook Elementary, Weaver Lake Elementary, Rice Lake Elementary, Maple Grove Middle School, and Maple Grove Senior High were on last week’s list, as well as Parnassus Preparatory Charter School.

The COVID-19 data dashboard for Osseo Area Schools shows there have been 287 total coronavirus cases among students in the district since Sept. 7. The district serves about 20,500 students.

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There have also been 49 total coronavirus cases since Sept. 7 among about 4,100 staff members, according to the district’s dashboard.

Seventy-two Hennepin County schools were included on this week’s list, 14 more than last week.

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A school is deemed 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."