27 Dakota County Schools On MDH's Coronavirus Outbreak List

DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — 27 schools in Dakota County are currently on Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent COVID-19 outbreaks.

The list is updated every Thursday.

Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. The view the list of schools on the current list, click here and search for "Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings."

A school has 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."

Here are the Dakota County Schools that are on the list:

• Cedar Park Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Highland Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Scott Highlands Middle School, Apple Valley
• Valley Middle, Apple Valley
• Apple Valley Senior High School, Apple Valley
• Echo Park Elementary School, Burnsville
• Burnsville High School, Burnsville
• Woodland Elementary, Eagan
• Pinewood Elementary School, Eagan
• Meadowview Elementary, Farmington
• Levi P. Dodge Middle School, Farmington
• Farmington High School, Farmington
• Hastings Middle School, Hastings
• Hastings High School, Hastings
• Simley Senior High School, Inver Grove Heights
• East Lake Elementary School, Lakeville
• Cherry View Elementary School, Lakeville
• Orchard Lake Elementary School, Lakeville
• Century Middle School, Lakeville
• Kenwood Trail Middle SChool, Lakeville
• Lakeville North High School, Lakeville
• Lakeville South High School, Lakeville
• Somerset Elementary School, Mendota Heights
• Parkview Elementary School, Rosemount
• Rosemount Middle School, Rosemount
• St. Joseph's Catholic, Rosemount
• Lincoln Center Elementary School, South Saint Paul

The following schools have been removed since last week:

• Greenleaf Elementary School, Apple Valley
• Black Hawk Middle School, Eagan
• Riverview Elementary School, Farmington
• Randolph Elementary School, Randolph
• Kaposia Education Center Elementary, South Saint Paul
• St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul