No Maple Grove Schools Added To Weekly Coronavirus Outbreak List

MAPLE GROVE, MN — Seven Maple Grove schools remain on the Minnesota Department of Health’s weekly list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Four Maple Grove elementary schools — Fernbrook, Rice Lake, Rush Creek and Weaver Lake — were on last week's list alongside Maple Grove Middle School and Maple Grove Senior High. Parnassus Preparatory Charter School has also been on the list for several weeks.

All seven were included on the most recent list, which was released Thursday.

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The COVID-19 data dashboard for Osseo Area Schools shows there have been 344 total coronavirus cases among students in the district since Sept. 7. The district serves about 20,500 students.

There have also been 57 total coronavirus cases since Sept. 7 among about 4,100 staff members, according to the district's dashboard.

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."