2 Stillwater Schools Removed From MDH Coronavirus Outbreak List

STILLWATER, MN — Two Stillwater schools were taken off the Minnesota Department of Health’s weekly list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Stillwater Area High School is the only Stillwater school on the most recent list released Thursday, after St. Croix Catholic and Wildwood Elementary were removed.

Schools are taken off the list when they have not reported a new coronavirus case for 28 days, according to MDH officials.

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The COVID-19 data dashboard for the Stillwater Area Public Schools shows there have been 35 total coronavirus cases at Stillwater Area High School since the start of the school year, with two new cases reported from Oct. 15-21. The high school has about 2,760 students, according to Public School Review.

Despite two Stillwater schools leaving the list, the number of Washington County schools with recent coronavirus outbreaks grew from 21 last week to 23 on Thursday.

The total number of Minnesota schools on the coronavirus outbreak list climbed to 559 on Thursday, up from 535 last week and 497 the week before.

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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."