No Stillwater Schools Added To Weekly Coronavirus Outbreak List

STILLWATER, MN — Three Stillwater schools remain on the Minnesota Department of Health’s list of facilities with recent coronavirus outbreaks.

Stillwater Area High School has been on the state's list for four weeks, while St. Croix Catholic and Wildwood Elementary were added two weeks ago. All three were included on the most recent list, which was released Thursday.

The COVID-19 data dashboard for the Stillwater Area School District shows there have been 33 total coronavirus cases at Stillwater Area High School since the start of the 2021-22 school year. The high school has about 2,760 students, according to Public School Review.

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The Mahtomedi Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard shows there have been 11 cases at Wildwood Elementary this school year, as of Friday.

Twenty-one Washington County schools were included on this week's list, one more than last week.

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The total number of Minnesota schools on the coronavirus outbreak list jumped from 497 last week to 535 on Thursday.

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.

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"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."