3 Mendota Heights Schools Added To MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN — Three schools in Mendota Heights were recently removed from the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19.

Mendota Elementary, Friendly Hills Middle and Visitation School were all recently removed.

Mendota Heights currently has four schools on the list:

• Mendota Elementary School
  • Dec. 26-Jan. 8: 5-9 cases
  • Jan. 9-22: 5-9 cases
• Friendly Hills Middle School
  • Dec. 26-Jan. 8: 5-9 cases
  • Jan. 9-22: 10-19 cases
• Visitation School
  • Jan. 9-22: 5-9 cases

• St. Thomas Academy
  • Dec. 26-Jan. 8: 5-9 cases
  • Jan. 9-22: 5-9 cases

Dakota County has 73 schools on the list this week.

The list is updated every Thursday.

Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. To 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."

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