Northfield Middle School Added To MDH's COVID-19 Outbreak List

NORTHFIELD, MN — Northfield Middle School was added to the Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19.

This is the third Northfield school on the list.

Here are the Northfield schools that have had recent outbreaks of COVID-19:

• Bridgewater Elementary School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13 and 5-9 cases from Nov. 14-27. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.
• Northfield Middle School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 13. The school remains on the list and MDH said it will update with more recent data when it is available.
• Northfield Senior High School
  • Reported between 5-9 cases from Oct. 17-30 and 5-9 cases from Oct. 31-Nov. 14.

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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